Draba fladnizensis

Flattnitz Whitlowgrass ( Draba fladnizensis )

The Flattnitz Whitlowgrass, also Fladnitzer Felsenblümchen ( Draba fladnizensis ) is an arctic - alpine known representative of the Felsenblümchen ( Draba ).

Features

The Flattnitz Whitlowgrass is a perennial, herbaceous plant. It reaches stature heights of 2 to 5 cm. The whole plant is bare. The stems carry a maximum of three stem leaves except the base leaves. The stem is glabrous or hairy only at the base. The leaves are ciliated simple or forked at the edge and on the face or balding on the surface. Star hair are missing.

The petals are white and 2 to 3.5 mm long. Bloom time is from June to August, the pollination is done by insects or self-pollination.

The inflorescence is short and often doldentraubig. Silicles the fruit is 3-7 mm long and 1.5 to 2 mm wide.

Occurrence

The Flattnitz Whitlowgrass has an arctic - alpine distribution. In the Alps, it rarely occurs in Styria, Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Bavaria and Switzerland. It grows in the alpine altitude level in 1600-3400 m above silicate and lime in calcareous rock crevices and on Felsgrus, mainly in Gratlagen.

Phytosociological it is hoppeanae a Verbandscharakterart of Drabion.

The Style epithet refers to the Flattnitz in Carinthia, where the species was first described by Franz Xaver Freiherr von Wulfen.

Documents

• Siegmund Seybold (ed.): Schmeil - Fitschen interactive. (CD -Rom). Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2001/2002, ISBN 3-494-01327-6.
• Manfred A. Fischer: Exkursionsflora for Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol. Determination book for all in the Republic of Austria, the Principality of Liechtenstein and in the Autonomous Province of Bolzano / South Tyrol (Italy ) wild and the most important cultured vascular plants ( ferns and seed plants ) with information on their ecology and distribution. Third, revised edition. Province of Upper Austria, Biology Centre of the Upper Austrian museums, Linz 2008, ISBN 978-3-85474-187-9.