P. saueri (D. Y. Hong, X. Q. Wang & D. M. Zhang, 2004)[Hong, D. Y., Wang, X. Q. & Zhang, D. M., Taxon, vol. 53 (1), 2004, p. 83-90, figs. 3 & 4] |
| First Description: | P. saueri (D. Y. Hong, X. Q. Wang & D. M. Zhang, 2004) |
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P. saueri (Flower) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
| Plant: | Ploidy: | 2n=20 |
| Growth Type: | herbaceous / perennial | |
| Height: | 45-65cm | |
| Roots: | lateral roots tuberous, tubers fusiform | |
| others: | stems glabrous | |
| Leaves: | # segmentation: | 19-45 |
| others: | lower leaves biternated, with some leaflets segmented, leaflets and/or leaf segments 19-45, all entire or very few lobed, elliptic or narrow-elliptic, cuneate at the base, acute at the apex, 3.3-11cm long, 1-4.2cm wide, with bristles along veins above, usually sparsely hispidulous beneath |
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| Flowers: | Season: | April and May |
| # flowers/stem: | solitary, terminal | |
| Bracts: | involucrate bracts 2-3, leaf-like | |
| Sepals: | 3-5 rarely 6, glabrous, all rounded but sometimes one caudate at the apex, 2.5-3.0cm long, 2.0-2.5cm wide |
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| Petals: | 7-10, obovate, cuneate at the base, rounded or variously incised at the apex, 5-5.5cm long, 3.2-4cm wide |
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| Flower Colour: | red | |
| Filaments: | dark-purple | |
| Anthers: | yellow | |
| Disk: | fleshy, slightly waved or incised, ca. 1mm high | |
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| Fruit: | Season: | |
| # of Carpells: | 1-6 but mostly 3 or 2 | |
| Carpell: | whitish tomentose | |
| Style / Stigma: | stigmas sessile, red, about 2mm wide | |
| Follicles / Ovary / Ovules: | young follicles ovoid, 2.8-3cm long, 1.9cm in diameter ovules 14-20 per carpel |
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| Habitat: | Location: | growing mostly near mountain summits, in deciduous forests, at the edges of forests or in clearings at an altitude of 400-1220m |
| Soil: | on limestones or granites | |
| Geogr. Distr.: | confined to NE Greece and S Albania | |
| Countries: | Greece, Albania | |
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P. saueri (entire plant) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. saueri (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. saueri (Flower) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. saueri (Fruit / Seeds) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |