Forest cranesbill

Forest cranesbill
	Forest cranesbill ( Geranium sylvaticum )
Systematics
	Rosids
	Eurosiden II
Order :	Cranesbill (geraniales)
Family :	Cranesbill family (Geraniaceae)
Genre :	Cranesbills ( geranium )
Type :	Forest cranesbill
Scientific name
	Geranium sylvaticum
	L.

The forest cranesbill ( Geranium sylvaticum ) belongs to the genus of geranium ( Geranium ) from the family of geraniaceae (Geraniaceae).

description

Forest cranesbill ( Geranium sylvaticum ), illustration

blossom

The forest cranesbill is a perennial herbaceous plant and reaches heights of 30 to 70 centimeters. The leaves are bright green and lobed pinnately. It blooms from May to June with 22 to 30 millimeter large, dark bluish to reddish purple flowers with a white center. The upper parts of the stem, the flowers and the sepals are covered with glandular hairs. The further north you find this plant species in northeastern Europe, the more often you will find forms with pink or white flowers. The fruit has the typical cranesbill-like shape.

The species has chromosome number 2n = 28.

Occurrence

The distribution area extends across Europe to Western Siberia. The forest cranesbill is native to pre-alpine and coastal northern areas. It grows preferentially in montane to subalpine meadows and tall herbaceous meadows, forest and shrubbery fringes, but also near hedges, in meadows, on banks and rocky locations. In the Allgäu Alps, it rises in the summit area of the Rauheck in Bavaria up to 2300 m above sea level.

He is in Central Europe a weak characteristic species of the class of subalpine Hochstaudenfluren ( Betulo-Adenostyletea ); but also comes in companies of the associations Gold Haferwiese ( Polygono-Trisetion ) as a separation type, Giersch companies ( Aegopodion ) Mesotherme fringe communities ( Trifolion medii ) or hardwood riparian forests ( Alno Ulmion ), there in the association gray alder -Auewald ( Alnetum incanae ) ago. It is a companion species of the association rabbits - laser herb hem ( Bupleuro longifolii-Laserpitetum latifolii ) in the association of xerothermal seam societies ( Geranion sanguinei ). This montane fringe society stretches in high elevations from the Swabian Alb to the Steigerwald . In addition to the eponymous species of broad-leaved laser herb and long-leaved hare's ear, forest scabious , mountain thistle , blue-green sedge , hare lettuce , great beaver and ox-eye determine the image of the association.

use

Forest cranesbill in a natural garden

The forest cranesbill has been in culture since 1623. It is planted in natural gardens and perennial borders and thrives in sunny to partially shaded locations. Propagation takes place by sowing and dividing. There are several varieties such as B. Album , which is characterized by white flowers. Another variety of Meran has dark blue flowers.

literature

Peter Frederick Yeo : Geranium . Eugen Ulmer Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-8001-6362-4 .
Heinz-Dieter Krausch : Kaiserkron and Peonies red ... Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag , Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-423-34412-8 , p. 40-41 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . 8th edition. Stuttgart, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, 2001. Page 625. ISBN 3-8001-3131-5
↑ Eckehart J. Jäger (Ed.): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Vascular plants: baseline . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. 20th, revised and expanded edition. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8274-1606-3 , p. 493 .
↑ Erhard Dörr, Wolfgang Lippert : Flora of the Allgäu and its surroundings. Volume 2, IHW, Eching 2004, ISBN 3-930167-61-1 , p. 166.
^ Geranium sylvaticum. In: FloraWeb.de.
↑ Heinrich E. Weber: Bushes, hedges, herb edges. Ulmer Verlag 2003, ISBN 3-8001-4163-9 , p. 180 f.
↑ Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 , pp. 376 .

Web links

Commons : Forest cranesbill ( Geranium sylvaticum ) - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Geranium sylvaticum. In: FloraWeb.de.
Profile and distribution map for Bavaria . In: Botanical Information Hub of Bavaria .
Geranium sylvaticum L. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved November 28, 2015.
Distribution in the northern hemisphere according to Eric Hultén
Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )

[Oberdorfer-1] Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . 8th edition. Stuttgart, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, 2001. Page 625. ISBN 3-8001-3131-5

[Rothmaler2-20-2] Eckehart J. Jäger (Ed.): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Vascular plants: baseline . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. 20th, revised and expanded edition. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8274-1606-3 , p. 493 .

[Dörr_und_Lippert-3] Erhard Dörr, Wolfgang Lippert : Flora of the Allgäu and its surroundings. Volume 2, IHW, Eching 2004, ISBN 3-930167-61-1 , p. 166.

[4] Geranium sylvaticum. In: FloraWeb.de.

[5] Heinrich E. Weber: Bushes, hedges, herb edges. Ulmer Verlag 2003, ISBN 3-8001-4163-9 , p. 180 f.

[6] Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 , pp. 376 .