Pulmonaria angustifolia

Lungwort ( Pulmonaria angustifolia)

The Narrow- lung herb ( Pulmonaria angustifolia ) is a rarely occurring in Central Europe, a member of the Borage Family. It blooms mainly in April and May.

Appearance

This perennial herbaceous plant reaches a height of about 10 to 35 cm. As memory and Überdauerungsorgan is a creeping rhizome. The stem grows upright and is open at the top and on the branches of the inflorescence with numerous, mostly bristles of equal length and very few short -stalked glands. The leaves are unspotted and fitted up with the same length, striegel hairy bristles. The rosette leaves attain a length of 10 to 20 cm and a width of up to 3 cm. The sessile stalk permanent leaves are eight to ten times longer than wide and are usually 3-10 cm long. The flowers are in dense, leafy and bristly coiling. The cup is at blossom time about 8 to 9, later up to 15 mm long. It is divided almost to the center in triangular- lanceolate, green or blue crowded corner. The crown is outside glabrous, about 12 to 20 mm long, red, then dyed azure. The corolla tube is inside bare below the tuft of hair. The nutlets are ovoid, about 4 mm long, smooth and light leather brown.

Occurrence

Habitat requirements

The Narrow- lung herb grows in dry forests, sparse bushes and forest edges. It prefers warm, mostly loose, mildhumose sand or loess.

Popularization

Pulmonaria angustifolia comes from the Caucasus to Eastern and Southeastern Europe, on Central Germany to southern Scandinavia to the Rhine area before. In Austria, the species is rare and endangered in Switzerland, the family is apparently not represented.

Distribution in Germany

The Narrow- lung herb is rare in Germany, especially in northern Bavaria and Thuringia ago. Moreover, it is found only sporadically.

Others

The genus Pulmonaria is extremely complex and difficult. Between the individual species are numerous transitions and hybrid forms. Some of the specific taxa can be determined only by chromosome analysis. The distribution of data in the literature are thus often incomplete or incorrect.

Species protection

Threat in Germany: Category 2: endangered!

The species is protected specifically under BArtSchV!