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Phyteuma spicatum L.

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Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Phyteuma

Characteristics

An erect herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are oval or heart shaped. They have teeth along the edge. The flowers are in cylinder shaped flower heads. The flower corollas are blue and the bracts narrow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.3
Mature height (meter) 0.7
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

Woods, thickets and meadows, usually in dry non-acid soils.
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It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 6-8.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

The thick fleshy roots can be boiled and eaten or eaten in salads. The young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Uses -
Edible flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 22 - 59
Germination temperacture (C°) 16 - 19
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Phyteuma spicatum habit picture by Jean-Marie Frenoux (cc-by-sa)
Phyteuma spicatum habit picture by Chris Georges (cc-by-sa)
Phyteuma spicatum habit picture by Caroline Bello (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Phyteuma spicatum leaf picture by Sieradzki Mark (cc-by-sa)
Phyteuma spicatum leaf picture by grutz (cc-by-sa)
Phyteuma spicatum leaf picture by Patrick Jansen (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Phyteuma spicatum flower picture by Baer Philipp (cc-by-sa)
Phyteuma spicatum flower picture by Ludek (cc-by-sa)
Phyteuma spicatum flower picture by Louis Jolivot (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Phyteuma spicatum fruit picture by grutz (cc-by-sa)
Phyteuma spicatum fruit picture by Pierre Portefaix (cc-by-sa)
Phyteuma spicatum fruit picture by Poblocki Nat (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Phyteuma spicatum world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:144490-1
WFO ID wfo-0000816739
COL ID 4HK35
BDTFX ID 49275
INPN ID 113407
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Phyteuma pyrenaicum f. hirsutum Phyteuma pyrenaicum f. glabriusculum Phyteuma abelis Phyteuma spicatum Phyteuma angustifolium Phyteuma occidentale Phyteuma ambigens Phyteuma bracteatum Phyteuma pyrenaicum Phyteuma rapunculus Phyteuma elongatum Rapunculus ovatus Rapunculus albidus Phyteuma pyrenaicum Phyteuma coeruleum Phyteuma spicatum f. crenatum Phyteuma spicatum f. grossidentatum Phyteuma spicatum f. bicrenatum Phyteuma spicatum f. macrodon Phyteuma spicatum f. microdon Phyteuma spicatum f. incisum Phyteuma spicatum f. crenatoserratum Phyteuma spicatum f. fissum Phyteuma spicatum f. involucratum Phyteuma spicatum f. ebracteatum Phyteuma spicatum f. cordatum Phyteuma spicatum f. divaricatum Phyteuma pyrenaicum f. nudum Phyteuma pyrenaicum f. pilosum Phyteuma pyrenaicum f. glabrum Phyteuma pyrenaicum f. pubescens Rapunculus spicatus Phyteuma spicatum var. pseudohalleri Phyteuma spicatum var. coeruleum Phyteuma spicatum var. bracteatum Phyteuma spicatum var. halleri Phyteuma spicatum var. coeruleum Phyteuma spicatum var. coeruleum Phyteuma spicatum subsp. jurassicum Phyteuma spicatum var. jurassicum Phyteuma spicatum var. vulgare Phyteuma spicatum subsp. occidentale Phyteuma spicatum var. glabrum Phyteuma spicatum var. pilosum Phyteuma spicatum subsp. coeruleum Phyteuma spicatum var. alpinum Phyteuma pyrenaicum subsp. cordifolium Phyteuma pyrenaicum var. involucratum Phyteuma pyrenaicum var. brevibracteatum Phyteuma pyrenaicum subsp. betonicoides Phyteuma pyrenaicum var. ebracteatum Phyteuma spicatum var. roseum Phyteuma pyrenaicum f. glabrescens Phyteuma pyrenaicum f. pilosiusculum Phyteuma spicatum var. pyrenaicum
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