Mountain flax

Mountain flax
	Mountain flax ( Thesium humile )
Systematics
Order :	Sandalwoods (Santalales)
Family :	Sandalwood family (Santalaceae)
Tribe :	Thesieae
Sub tribus :	Thesiinae
Genre :	Flax leaf ( thesium )
Type :	Mountain flax
Scientific name
	Thesium humile
	Vahl

Mountain flax ( Thesium humile ) is a type of plant from the genus Leinblatt ( Thesium ).

description

Mountain flax ( Thesium humile )

The mountain flax is an annual stem therophyte . The species reaches a stature height of 5 to 20 centimeters. The species has a thin taproot . The ruler leaves are serrated and fleshy. The partial inflorescences are almost sessile. The numerous nuts are up to 6 millimeters in size.

The flowering period extends from March to May.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.

Occurrence

Mountain flax occurs in the Mediterranean region from Morocco to Turkey and Syria and on the Canary Islands. The species grows on fallow land, fields, phrygana and dunes.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

^ Straka, Haeupler, Llorens García, Orell, Guide to the flora of Mallorca , Gustav Fischer Verlag Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-437-20374-6 , page 93
^ Thesium humile at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
^ Pertti Uotila: Santalaceae. Thesium humile. In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Berlin 2011.

literature

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. 61 .

[1] Straka, Haeupler, Llorens García, Orell, Guide to the flora of Mallorca , Gustav Fischer Verlag Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-437-20374-6 , page 93

[IPCN-2] Thesium humile at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[Euro+Med_Plantbase-3] Pertti Uotila: Santalaceae. Thesium humile. In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Berlin 2011.