Crown carnation
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Crowned light carnation ( Silene coronaria ) |
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The crown campion ( Silene coronaria (L.) Clairv. ), Also crown campion and Vexiernelke called, is a flowering plant in the family of the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). It has only been placed in the genus Leimkräuter ( Silene ) since 1995 , until then it was placed as Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr. into the genus Lychnis .
description
Vegetative characteristics
The crown carnation grows as an evergreen , rosette-forming, biennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 40 to 90 centimeters. It forms a Pleiokorm root. The aboveground parts of the plant are densely haired with shaggy gray tomentose hair.
Generative characteristics
The flowering period extends from June to August. The flower stalks are 2 to 14 inches long. The flowers are 2 to 3 centimeters wide and dark red in color. In some varieties, the flowers can also be white, pink or double. The petals are not divided or shallow.
There is diploidy with the chromosome number 2n = 24.
ecology
Since the renewal buds are close to the surface of the earth, the crown carnation is counted among the hemicryptophytes .
Occurrence
The European light carnation occurs from Southeast Europe and Asia Minor to Turkestan and the Himalayas . It grows on slopes, in bushes and in sparse forests. It runs wild in places.
use
Varieties of the crown carnation are widely used as an ornamental plant for borders and cottage gardens and rarely (such as the eye remedy known as Christ's eye since the Middle Ages) as a medicinal plant. It has been in culture since 1410 at the latest .
supporting documents
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler - excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
- Jaakko Jalas, Juha Suominen: Atlas florae europaeae. Volume 7 (Caryophyllaceae (Silenoideae)). Page 13, Helsinki 1986. ISBN 951-9108-06-8 .
Web links
- Silene coronaria (L.) Clairv., Crown light carnation. In: FloraWeb.de.
- Distribution map for Germany. In: Floraweb .
- Profile and distribution map for Bavaria . In: Botanical Information Hub of Bavaria .
- Crown carnation . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.
- Silene coronaria (L.) Clairv. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christina Becela-Deller: Ruta graveolens L. A medicinal plant in terms of art and cultural history. (Mathematical and natural scientific dissertation Würzburg 1994) Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1998 (= Würzburg medical-historical research. Volume 65). ISBN 3-8260-1667-X , s. 296 f.