White feather poppy
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White poppy ( Macleaya cordata ) |
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The White spring poppy ( Macleaya cordata . (Willd) R.Br. , Syn. : Bocconia cordata Willd. ) Is a plant in the genus spring poppy ( Macleaya ) within the family of Poppy Family (Papaveraceae).
description
The white poppy grows as a perennial herbaceous plant that can reach heights of up to 250 cm. It forms underground rhizomes . The sturdy stem is frosted blue-gray and contains brownish, poisonous milky sap . The alternate leaves are arranged in a petiole and a leaf blade. The petiole is 2 to 15 cm (rarely up to 20 cm) long. With a length and width of 10 to 30 cm, the blue-green leaf blade is round-heart-shaped, deeply cut, seven to nine lobes.
The flowering time is in the summer months (July to August). The large, feathery, paniculate inflorescences contain many flowers. The flower stalks are 4 to 10 mm long. The tiny flowers are hermaphroditic. There are only two dirty white to coral pink sepals that are 5 to 10 mm long. Petals are missing. There are eight to 30 stamens . The short style ends in a two-lobed scar. The smooth, 15 to 20 mm large, bilobed capsule fruit contains only a few dark brown seeds.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 20, less often 10.
Occurrence
The white poppy is native to temperate areas from China to Japan.
Toxicity
The white poppy is poisonous in all parts of the plant. Active ingredients are probably isoquinoline - alkaloids , especially protopine , berberine and Allocryptopine .
use
The white poppy is used medicinally and as a pesticide.
In the temperate zones of the world, the white poppy is used as an ornamental plant for parks and gardens and can grow wild. The white poppy can be found in open spaces and on the edge of the wood in a sunny to partially shaded place and is hardy .
swell
- Robert W. Kiger: Macleaya : Macleaya cordata - text same online as printed work , In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico , Volume 3 - Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae , Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 1997. ISBN 0-19-511246-6 (Description section)
- Macleaya cordata ( French )
literature
- Kreuzer's Garden Plants Lexicon. Volume II, Thalacker-Medien, Braunschweig, ISBN 3-87815-028-8 .
- Lutz Roth, Max Daunderer, Kurt Kormann: Poisonous plants plant poisons. 6th edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86820-009-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Macleaya cordata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
