Lathraea squamaria L.

Toothwort (en), Lathrée écailleuse (fr), Clandestine écailleuse (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Orobanchaceae > Lathraea

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.3m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread myrmecochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Colic (unspecified), Convulsion (unspecified), Soporific (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Lathraea squamaria habit picture by huy HO (cc-by-sa)
Lathraea squamaria habit picture by Chlad Martin (cc-by-sa)
Lathraea squamaria habit picture by Chlad Martin (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Lathraea squamaria leaf picture by Sowada Harald (cc-by-sa)
Lathraea squamaria leaf picture by Sowada Harald (cc-by-sa)
Lathraea squamaria leaf picture by David Pinney (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lathraea squamaria flower picture by Iordache Alina (cc-by-sa)
Lathraea squamaria flower picture by Škubánek (cc-by-sa)
Lathraea squamaria flower picture by Anton Gavrilov (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Lathraea squamaria fruit picture by Veronika Prutkayova (cc-by-sa)
Lathraea squamaria fruit picture by Wald Fee (cc-by-sa)
Lathraea squamaria fruit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lathraea squamaria world distribution map, present in Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:662054-1
WFO ID wfo-0000445615
COL ID 3SJ5T
BDTFX ID 37831
INPN ID 105148
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lathraea squamaria Lathraea staminea Clandestina squamaria Squamaria orobanche Anblatum tournefortii Lathraea simplex Lathraea squamaria subsp. tatrica