White-gray Lallemantie
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White-gray Lallemantie ( Lallemantia canescens ) |
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The white-gray Lallemantie ( Lallemantia canescens ) is a species of the genus Lallemantia in the mint family (Lamiaceae).
description
The white-gray Lallemantie is a perennial , herbaceous plant that reaches heights of between 20 and 50 centimeters. It is more or less hairy white-gray. The bracts are longer than wide, ciliate and serrated. The crown is purple, violet-blue or purple and 28 to 40 millimeters long. The corolla tube is longer than the chalice.
The flowering period extends from June to August.
distribution
The species occurs in Transcaucasia and from eastern Turkey to western Iran on rocky slopes, scree, fallow fields and roadsides at altitudes of 1300 to 3250 meters.
Systematics
Lallemantia canescens was in 1753 as Dracocephalum canescens by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum , Volume 2, page 595 firstdescribed . Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer and Carl Anton von Meyer transferred this taxon in 1840 in Index Seminum , Volume VI, page 53 in the new genus Lallemantia to the taxon valid today. Other synonyms for Lallemantia canescens are Dracocephalum azureum Boiss. , Dracocephalum incanum Salisb. nom. illegit., Lallemantia azurea (Boiss.) Boiss. & A.Huet and Zornia canescens (L.) Moench .
use
The white-gray Lallemantie is rarely used as an ornamental plant for rock gardens. It has been in culture since 1711 at the latest. The cultivar 'Albida' has white to pink flowers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d 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. 507 .
- ↑ a b Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Lallemantia canescens. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Species Plantarum . tape 2 . Stockholm 1753, p. 595 ( scanned at Biodiversity Heritage Library - Dracocephalum canescens ).