Torfgränke

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Torfgränke
Peat sear (Chamaedaphne calyculata)

Peat sear ( Chamaedaphne calyculata )

Systematics
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Asterids
Order : Heather-like (Ericales)
Family : Heather family (Ericaceae)
Genre : Chamaedaphne
Type : Torfgränke
Scientific name of the  genus
Chamaedaphne
Monk
Scientific name of the  species
Chamaedaphne calyculata
(L.) Moench
Capsule fruits of the peat peat
Peat grapes on a swinging lawn, here in Lithuania

The turfgränke (also dwarf laurel ) belongs to the family of the heather plants (Ericaceae). The genus Chamaedaphne consists only of this one species Chamaedaphne calyculata .

description

The peat griddle is a shrub about 40 to 60 cm high. The rough, leather-like leaves are lanceolate, inverted ovate and about 2 cm long. The five-fold flowers of the peat turf are white and sit with short stems, individually in the axils of the previous year's leaves. These form a one-sided cluster . It blooms from May to June. In summer, when the capsule fruits ripen, the flower buds for the next year are already created.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 22.

ingredients

The leaves are poisonous.

distribution

The Torfgränke prefers raised bogs , occurs in swinging lawns as well as in (bog berries) broken pine forests. The plant is rarely found in intermediate bogs. It is circumpolar. Occurrences exist in northeastern Europe, particularly in Finland , Russia and the Baltic states , in northern Asia and in North America . Small occurrences are also known in Poland . No natural occurrences are known in Germany. Nevertheless, the plant was treated in German botany because it occurs in the former East Prussia . The plant is occasionally planted and traded as an ornamental plant.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chamaedaphne calyculata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  2. ↑ Atlas roślin

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