Dog cabbage
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The dog cabbage ( Theligonum cynocrambe ) is a species of plant from the genus Theligonum .
features
Theligonum cynocrambe is an annual creeping therophyte that reaches heights of 5 to 50 centimeters. The plant is prostrate to ascending. The nodes are thickened. The leaves are stalked and ovate. The lower leaves are opposite, the upper alternate. The stipules are sheathed and membranous. The flowers are small, greenish and sessile. Male flowers have 7 to 12 stamens and a two-part, rolled-back flower cover . The inflorescence of the female flowers is crooked and tiny serrated. The fruit is egg-shaped and 2 millimeters in size.
The flowering period extends from February to May.
Occurrence
Theligonum cynocrambe occurs in the Canary Islands and in the Mediterranean region to northwestern Iran in crevices, walls and on open, stony or sandy soils. In Crete it is located at altitudes from 0 to 1400 meters.
supporting documents
- Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 204 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ German name after Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. 1st ed., P. 336.
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Theligonum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 4, 2020.