Allium victorialis
Left: Allermannsharnisch (Allium victoralis )
The Allermannsharnisch (Allium victorialis ), also known as Gladiolus and leek, Mountain garlic, leeks Sigmar, winning Mars little man, Gladiolus, snake root, a species of the subfamily of Garlic Family is ( Allioideae ).
Description
The Allermannsharnisch is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches the plant height of 30 to 60 centimeters. This ( netzwurzelige leek ) Geophyt has a wrong ascending, almost cylindrical onion with netzigfaserig resolved outer and meaty, garlic -like smelling and tasting the inner bulb scales. The short-stalked, ganzrandigen leaves are lanceolate or elliptic, 10-20 cm long and 3-6 cm wide.
In dense globular, doldigen inflorescences without bulbils, are the numerous flowers, they are not dominated by the bracts. The hermaphrodite, radial symmetry blooms are triple. The yellowish- green to white tepals are about 5 mm long. The flowering period extends from June to August.
Are formed capsule fruits that contain mostly six seeds.
Dissemination
The Allermannsharnisch is native to the high mountains of Eurasia from the Pyrenees through the Alps, the Caucasus, the Urals and the Altai Mountains to the counting already to North Aleutian Islands.
The locations of the Allermannsharnisch in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are located in the mountains to grassy and rocky slopes, meadows and tall herb communities ( ( montane to) subalpine to alpine ) at altitudes 1000-2600 m.
Curative effect
For internal use the leaves of the Allermannsharnisch are recognized in alcohol and then a blood cleanser. One should use the drug in the spring to effect a purification of the accumulated toxins in the winter. However, there are no studies about the actual effectiveness of this Hausmittelchens.
Trivial names
More in part only regional common names for the Allermannsharnisch are or were: Allermannshaken ( Middle High German ), Allermannsmännlich ( Middle High German ), Allermannsheken ( Rendsburger pharmacy) Allermannsharensch ( Transylvania), Aller people vexation, Allermannswurzel (St. Gallen), Almanac Harnisch (Pinzgau ), Alps garlic, mandrake (Lungau ), wild mandrake (Silesia ), Bergalraun (Silesia ), Ereus, Erunsichwurz, Fähnle ( Augsburg), Gloge, Glücksmännel (Giant Mountains), Hamkorn, locust Wurz (Salzburg), wild garlic, short and long, almond Wurz (Lungau ) Munhemmler (Uri), Neunhammerlin, Neunhäuterwurz (Lungau ) Neunhemderwurz ( Entlebuch ) Neunhemmeler ( Lucerne), Nienhämmele ( upper Wasgau ) Nünhömmlern ( Entlebuch, Bern ), Upper Harnisch (Silesia ), snake herb, snake garlic, Siebenhämmerlein (Silesia ), Siebenhamkorn (Silesia ) and Siebenhemlern ( Switzerland ).
Superstition
It is in this leek kind of a " magic plant" whose netzfaserige onion cases the carrier promised chainmail -like protection.
Who in his pocket was the onion with him, the evil spirits should not need to fear. Crisscross nailed over the stable door, they should keep the cattle from witches, and the children in the cradle they should protect them from the " decry " ( Enchant ).
A humanoid -shaped " root stock " was lucky Heinzel or Hangman. Who wore it around his neck, should be immune against all the evil influences that are lucky in love and in the game and be protected from the venom of poisonous snakes.
Such rhizomes were also called mandrake, a Allermannsharnisch - mandrake from the possession of Emperor Rudolf II is preserved in the Vienna Court Library.
A Swiss legend says that dwarves have turned on the retreat from civilization in the rhizome of Allermannsharnisch.