Dactylorhiza - Ficaria

(syn. D. acuminata, D. angustifolia, D. mucronata)

Distribution: From S Europe and N Africa to SW Asia, up to 3000 m above sea level; calcareous rocks, rocky slopes, along river banks. 

Shrub up to 150 cm in hight. Flowers 6-8 mm long, white, sometimes purplish outside, scented, in axillary or terminal inflorescences. Fl. IV-IX. Superb form - very compact with white flowers - ex Mont Vermion

Shrub 30 cm tall, evergreen. Flowers white.

Flower buds carmine. Flowers with petals darker at margin.

 

Karmin Knospen. Blumen mit Blütenblättern dunkleren am Rand.

Distribution: endemic to E Alps, 1800-2500 m above sea level; calcareous rocks, stony grassland.

Tufted perennial up to 15 cm in tall. Flowers up to 30 mm in diameter, open, flat, singly, dark rose with purple spots around white throat, bearded.  Fl. VI-VII.

 

Geographische Verbreitung: endemisch in E Alpen, 1800-2500 m über dem Meeresspiegel; Kalkfelsen, steinige Grassland.

 

Staude bis zu 15 cm hoch. Blüten bis zu 30 mm breit, offen, flach, einzeln, bärtig. Blütezeit VI-VII.

Distribution: Greece, Turkey; rocks.

Perennial rosettes-forming. Flowering stems up to 5 cm tall. Flower 1 per stem, rarely 2, 5 mm diameter, yellowish-rose, bearded. Fl. V-VI.

 

Verbreitung: Griechenland, Türkei; Felsen. 

Rosettenstaude. Blütenstiele bis zu 5 cm hoch. Blüte 1 pro Stiel, selten 2, 5 mm Durchmesser, gelblich-rosa, bärtig. Bl. V-VI. 

Distribution: from N parts of Asia and North America to Arctica; rocky places, up to 1400 m. 

Tufted perennial up to 10 cm tall. Leaves up to 3 cm long, linear, glaucous, acute atop. Flower one per stem usually, up to 25 mm across, pink to amaranth. Fl. end of spring/beg. summer. 

 

Verbreitung: Nordasien und Nordamerika, Arktis; felsige Plätze, bis zu 1400 m über dem Meeresspiegel. 

Klumpende Pflanze bis 10 cm hoch. Blätter bis zu 3 cm lang, linear, an der Spitze geschärft. Blüten in der Regel einzeln, bis 25 mm Durchmesser, rosa bis helllila. Blütezeit V-VI.

(syn. D. rigida subsp. bryoides)

Distribution: Armenia, Caucasus, at an altitudes from 1600 to 2700 m above sea level; rocky places.

Perennial cushion-forming. Inflorescence head-like raceme 5 cm heigh or more. Flowers 4-5 mm across, yellow. Fl. IV-V. 

 

Distribution: N Caucasus, up to alpine level; rocky slopes, in crevices.

Tufted perennial up to 8 cm high. Leaf rosettes minute, many, white hairy. Scape 1-6 cm high. Raceme 6-8-flowered. Flowers fragrant, yellow. Fl. IV-VI.

(syn. Podophyllum pleianthum, Dysosma chengii, D. hispida)

Distribution: China, 400-1600 m; forests, streamsides, grassy slopes. 

Perennial 20-80 cm high, with creeping rhizomes. Stems erect. Leaves opposite, petiole 10-28 cm long, blade 15-32 cm across, suborbicular, lobed. Flowers 5-8 in fascicle, purplish-red, nodding. Fl. V-VI.

 

Verbreitung: China, 400-1600 m; Wälder, Bachufern, grasbewachsenen Hängen.

Staude 20-80 cm hoch, mit kriechendem Rhizome. Blattstiel 10-28 cm lang, Blattspreite15-32 cm breit, suborbicular, gelappt. Blüten zu 5-8 in Faszikel, violett-rot. Bl. V-VI. 

Dwarf mountain fleabane

Distribution: W North America, Quebec and Grenland; sandy places, rocks.

Longlived perennial, loose cushion-forming up to 20 cm diameter, with deep taproot. Stems 5-15 cm tall. Stem leaves fan-shaped, 3-4-ternately lobed, crowded. Flowerhead atop the stem, solitary, 1.5-2 cm diameter. Rays (outer flowers) white, bluish or pink, inner flowers yellow. Fl. VI-VII.

 

Verbreitung: W Nordamerika, Quebec und Grenland; sandige Orten, Felsen.

 

Langlebige Staude, bildende lose Kissen bis zu 20 cm Durchmesser, mit tiefen Pfahlwurzel. Stammblätter 3-4-fach gelappt. Blütenköpfe einsam, 1,5-2 cm Durchmesser. Strahlen (Außere Blumen) weiß, bläulich oder rosa, Innere Blumen gelb. Blütezeit VI-VII.

(syn. Diplopappus linearis, Erigeron peucephyllus)

Distribution: W USA, 700-3100 m; rocky slopes, grasslands, thickets.

Perennial 5-20 cm tall, with taproot and branched, woody caudex. Stems erect to ascending, strigose. Leave mostly basal. Inflorescence solitary head, rarely up to 3 heads per stem. Flowers yellow. Fl. V-VI.