Pulsatilla alpina

Alpine Pasque Flower ( P. alpina)

The Alpine Pasque Flower or Alpine Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla alpina, syn: Anemone alpina L. ) is a plant belonging to the family of the buttercup family ( Ranunculaceae ) and the genus of the Pasque flower (Pulsatilla ) belongs.

On the hairy fruit bowl is original folk names refer: Peter Bart, Bart devil, Hairy Männle, Wild Männle, Gran Tiger Jager, Tschawau ( Upper Styria ), Strublbuabn, salsify, witches broom.

Subspecies

The type includes several sub- species of which occur in Central Europe at least three: The Great Alpine Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla alpina subsp. Alpina) has white flowers and populated areas with calcareous bedrock in the Swiss Jura, the Alps, the northwestern Dinarides ( Velebit ), in the Apennines, the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian Mountains. The Small Alpine Pasque Flower or Brockenanemone ( P. alpina subsp austriaca, Syn. P. alba), also with white flowers is less in all parts and comes on calcium-poor rocks in the Carpathians and Eastern Alps and in several central European low mountain ranges ( Vosges, resin, giant Mountains) before. The Yellow Alpine Pasque Flower ( P. alpina subsp. Apiifolia ) with sulfur- yellow flowers occurs on lime- base in the western Alps, east to the Tyrol, in the Massif Central, the Pyrenees and in some mountains in central and northern Spain. Other subspecies are P. alpina subsp. cantabrica from the Cantabrian Mountains and the western Pyrenees, P. alpina subsp. font- Queri from the southern Pyrenees and P. alpina subsp. Cyrnea of Corsica.

Description

The Alpine Pasque Flower is a densely hairy, perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches the plant height of 20 to 50 centimeters. The basal leaves are still little developed at the beginning of flowering time later these are long-stalked, and twice in 3 parts. In the upper half, stalk 3 bract -like stem leaves show. These are not united at the base.

The heyday of the single terminal flower extends from May to July. The flowers have on the Great Alpine Pasque Flower ( P. alpina subsp. Alpina ) and the Yellow Alpine Pasque Flower ( P. alpina subsp. Apiifolia ) 4 to 6 cm in diameter, in the little Alpine Pasque Flower ( P. alpina subsp. Alba ) they are only 2 to 4 cm wide. The perianth consists usually of six oval, white or yellow bloom cladding that are outside often overcrowded blue.

Since prolong the feathery - haired style in the course of fruit ripening on up to 5 cm, the fruit stand of the plant shows a strikingly haarschopf like appearance - called in Switzerland " Haarmannli ".

Occurrence

The Alpine Pasque Flower is native to the Alps and the Jura at altitudes 1200-2700 meters above sea level. As the site meager pastures and stony grass are preferred. The Great Alpine Pasque occurs on calcareous subsoil, while the lime- Small Alpine Pasque Flower and Yellow Alpine Pasque prefer soils.

Trivial names

For the Alpine Pasque Flower or were, sometimes only regionally, including the names bear clumsy (Graubünden in Rheinwald ), Barentatze (Carinthia ), Bergmännli (Bern), gray mountain Männle, Bertram ( Bavaria, Pinzgau ) Bitzwurz, salsify (Graubünden), chunks flower ( resin) Fotzabäsa (St. Gallen in Obertoggenburg ) Graumannle ( Switzerland ), Hairy man (Bern), Haarmanteli (Bernese Oberland), anemone ( Grisons ), Peter beard ( Bavaria), Rugerl (Tyrol, Pinzgau ) Ruggei (Tyrol, Pinzgau ) Ruggeiblüh (Tyrol, Pinzgau ), shudder man (St. Gallen Sargans ) snow flower ( Switzerland, Silesia), Snow Handel, Schneehonden (Silesia ), Snow Rose (Carinthia ), white pepper flower, Sidahuat (St. Gallen upper Rhine Valley ), Devil beard ( Algän, Silesia ) and wild herb common man.

Others

This species is toxic and is a nature reserve.