Dactylorhiza - Ficaria

(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.