Acinos arvensis

Field acinos ( Acinos arvensis)

The field - acinos ( Acinos arvensis), also called Common acinos, is a plant species of the genus acinos ( Acinos ) in the mint family ( Lamiaceae).

Description

The field - acinos is an annual to perennial herbaceous plant that reaches the plant height 10-30 centimeters. He has prostrate to ascending stems. The small leaves are decussate, short-stalked and lanceolate, ovate to elliptic, entire, mostly serrated front and 1 cm long.

The short- stalked flowers are lively in the upper leaf axils to two to six. The blue- purple crown is 7 to 15 mm long, red-purple with white spots on the three-lobed lower lip. The significantly shorter calyx is slightly bilobed.

The plant has a pleasant aroma aromatic mint.

Bloom time is from June to September. Maturity from July to late September.

Ecology

The field - acinos is a Therophyt or Hemikryptophyt.

Pollinators of flowers are honey bees, and butterflies Hummelschweber. Bloom time is from June to September.

The fruit cup is closed and falls off; in the dry state he has inside a bubble and is difficult to wet. The spread of the fruit takes place as Regenschwemmling or by ants. Fruit ripening is from July to late September.

Vegetative propagation is carried out by above-ground runners

Occurrence

The circulation area covers Europe, western Siberia, Asia Minor and the Caucasus. This plant grows on nutrient-poor grassland, along roadsides and on rubble.

System

The currently valid designation of which is published in 1946 by the English botanist James Edgar Dandy. Synonyms are Acinos thymoides Moench, Calaminthe acinos (L.) Clairsville ex Gaud. , Clinopodium acinos (L.) Kuntze and Satureja acinos (L.) Scheele.

Pictures

A. arvensis - Blossom