P. algeriensis (Chabert, 1889)[Chabert, A., Bull. Soc. Bot. France, vol. 36, 1889, p. 15-31] |
| First Description: | P. corallina var. atlantica (Cosson, 1887) |
| Synonyms: | P. corallina var. atlantica (Cosson, 1887) P. russoi var. coriacea (Cosson ex Battandier, 1888) P. atlantica (Trabut, 1889) P. coriacea var. atlantica (Stern, 1943) P. corallina subsp. atlantica (Maire, 1964) P. mascula subsp. atlantica (Greuter & Burdet, 1982) |
P. algeriensis (Flower) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
| Plant: | Ploidy: | |
| Growth Type: | herbaceous / perennial | |
| Height: | more than 50cm | |
| Roots: | carrot-shaped | |
| others: | stems 0.7-1.0cm in diameter | |
| Leaves: | # segmentation: | 10-13 |
| others: | lower leaves biternate with one or several of 9 leaflets segmented and thus leaflets plus leaf segments 10-13; petiols always villose; leaflets and/or leaf segments ovate or oblong, rounded or broad-cuneate at the base, acute at the apex, 9-18cm long, 5.5-9.5cm broad, always moderate to densely white-villose beneath |
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| Flowers: | Season: | middle May to late June |
| # flowers/stem: | solitary, terminal | |
| Bracts: | involucrate bracts 1, leaf-like, or absent | |
| Sepals: | 3 or 4 in number, orbicular or oblong-orbicular, all rounded at the apex, glabrous, purple inside and at the periphery, 2.5-3.5cm long, 2-2.5cm wide |
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| Petals: | 5-6cm long 3-4cm wide, rounded at the apex | |
| Flower Colour: | pink or red | |
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| Anthers: | ||
| Disk: | ca 1mm high, slightly waved, glabrous | |
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| Fruit: | Season: | |
| # of Carpells: | mostly single, less frequently 2 | |
| Carpell: | nearly always glabrous, very occasionally sparsely hairy | |
| Style / Stigma: | styles 1-3mm long stigmas red, 2-3mm wide |
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| Follicles / Ovary / Ovules: | follicles columnar, 4-5.4cm long | |
| Seeds: | black, ovoid-oblong, ca. 9mm long, 7.5mm in diameter, seed-coat foveolate | |
| Habitat: | Location: | growing in broad-leaved or mixed broad-leaved and coniferous forests with calcarious soils at altitudes of 1100-2000m |
| Soil: | calcarious soils | |
| Geogr. Distr.: | a narrow endemic of Kabylie (Algeria), N Africa; found only along the coastal mountain range concretely on Mts Babor, Magris, Djurdjura, and in the civinity of Tala-Kitane and Kefrida | |
| Countries: | Algeria | |
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P. algeriensis (entire plant) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. algeriensis (single leave from top) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
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P. algeriensis (Flower) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. algeriensis (Fruit / Seeds) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |