Oenothera-Pyrola

Distribution: SW and SE Alps, N Apennines, 1200-3150 m; calcareous and dolomite rocks and scree.

Perennial tufted silvery-gray densely hairy 2-5 cm tall. Leaves always with 3 leaflets. Flowers 1-2, 20-26 mm across, pale rose to dark rose. Filaments and stigmas purple red. Fl. V-VII.

 

Geographische Verbreitung: SW und SE Alpen, N Apenninen, 1200-3150 m; Kalk-und Dolomitfelsen und Geröll.

 

Silbrig-graue, dicht behaarte Staude 2-5 cm hoch. Blätter immer mit drei Blättchen. Blumen 1-2, 20-26 mm breit, hell-bis dunkelrosa. Filamente und Narben lilarot. Blütezeit V-VII.

Distribution: Central Alps and Pyrenees, 1500-3000 m above sea level; near snow patches and wet turf on acid soils. 

Perennial 1-5 cm high forming carpet. Flowers usually in pairs, 15-25 mm across, pinkish to purplish-lilac. Fl. spring. 

 

Geographische Verbreitung: Zentralalpen und Pyrenäen, 1500-3000 m über dem Meeresspiegel;  Schneetälchen und nasse Rasen auf sauren Böden.

 

Staude 1-5 cm hoch. Blüten in der Regel paarweise, 15-25 mm breit, rosa bis violettlila. Blütezeit Frühling.

Distribution: mountains of Europe, C and E Asia and North America, 1200-2200 m above sea level; moist grassy slopes, streamsides, shaded moist places in valleys. 

Perennial 5-40 cm in tall. Basal leaves in rosettes, stem leaf 1. Flowers solitary, terminal, 22-35 mm in diameter, white, often purple punctate. Fl. VII-IX.

Dwarf shrub 6-10 cm tall. Flowers to 25 mm long, pale violet with white throat. Fl. summer.

 

Zwergstrauch 6-10 cm hoch. Blumen bis 25 mm lang, hellviolett mit weißem Hals. Blütezeit Sommer.

Distribution: SC and SE Europe; forests. 

Perennial 30-70 cm tall. Leaves ternate and segmented. Flower solitary, terminal, red or dark red. Fl. late V-VI.

 

Verbreitung: SC und SE Europa; Wälder.

 

Staude 30-70 cm hoch. Blätter ternate und segmentierte. Blüten einsam, rot oder dunkelrot. Bl. Ende V-VI. 

Distribution: Lake Garda region (Italy), 500-2500 m; limestone rocks.

Leaves in rosette 2-10 cm long, 1-4 cm wide, obovate, leathery, lustrous. Scapes 2-15 cm long. Umbels 1-5-flowered. Flowers 20-40 mm diameter, pink or lilac, with white eye. Fl. IV-V.

 

Verbreitung: Gardasee-Region (Italien), 500 bis 2500 m; Kalkfelsen.

 

Blätter in der Rosette 2-10 cm lang, 1-4 cm breit, verkehrt eiförmig, ledrig, glänzend. Schaften 2-15 cm lang. Dolden 1-5 blumige. Blüten 20-40 mm Durchmesser, rosa oder lila, mit weißem Auge. Fl. IV-V.

(syn. Luetkea cinerascens, Spiraea cinerascens)

Distribution: Washington; basalt cliffs. 

Mat-forming shrublet, up to 20 cm across in about 10 years. Leaves rosetted towards the stem tips, spathulate. Racemes above leaves. Flowers white. Fl. early to late summer. 

Distribution: disjunctive in mountains in area from Austria to C formerly Jugoslavia, 2000-3100 m; moist soil over acidic base.  

Tufted perennial. Leaves in rosette. Scapes 1.5-9 cm long. Umbels 1-8-flowered, atop the scapes. Flowers deep violet, whitish in throat, with darker area around throat, fragrant. Fl. V-VI. Not easy in culture!