P. coriacea (Boissier, 1838)[Boissier, P. E., Elenchus Plantarum Novarum, 1838, p. 7] |
| First Description: | P. coriacea (Boissier, 1838) |
| Synonyms: | P. corallina var. russoi (Webb, 1838) P. russoi (Amo y Mora, 1873) P. corallina subsp. coriacea (Cosson, 1878) P. russoi var. coriacea (Cosson ex Battandier, 1888) P. corallina subsp. coriacaea var. maroccana (Pau & Font Quer ex Maire, 1932) P. mascula subsp. coriacea (Malagarriga, 1975) P. coriacea var. maroccana (Romo, 1992) |
P. coriacea (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: | 40-90cm | |
| Roots: | carrot-shaped | |
| others: | stems up to 1cm in diameter, green but sometimes purple; stems glabrous throughout, very occasionally hairy on leaves and carpels |
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| Leaves: | # segmentation: | 10-15 |
| others: | lower leaves biternate; leaflets 9, with 1 or several segmented; leaflets plus leaf segments 10-15, ovate-orbicular or broad-ovate, acute, less frequently obtuse or short-acuminate at the apex, 5-15cm long, 2-8cm wide, glabrous, very occasionally puberulous on the lower surface |
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| Flowers: | Season: | late April to early June |
| # flowers/stem: | solitary, terminal | |
| Bracts: | involucrate bracts usually 1 or 2, leaf-like | |
| Sepals: | usually 3, less frequently 2, all or mostly rounded at the apex, 1.5-3.5cm long, 1-2.5cm wide, purple |
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| Petals: | acute or rounded, entire or slightly incised at the apex | |
| Flower Colour: | red | |
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| Anthers: | ||
| Disk: | waved, 1-2mm high, red | |
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| Fruit: | Season: | September |
| # of Carpells: | 1-4, but mostly 2 or 1 | |
| Carpell: | glabrous, occasionally very sparsely hirsute | |
| Style / Stigma: | styles 1.5-3mm long stigmas red, 2-2.5mm wide |
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| Follicles / Ovary / Ovules: | follicles columnar, 3.5-4.8cm long | |
| Seeds: | oblong, black, 7-8mm long, 5-6mm in diameter | |
| Habitat: | Location: | growing in woods of Quercus or Cedrus in limestone areas at an altitude of 600-2100m |
| Soil: | in limestone areas | |
| Geogr. Distr.: | distributed in S Spain and Morocco | |
| Countries: | Spain, Morocco | |
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P. coriacea (entire plant) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. coriacea (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. coriacea (Flower) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. coriacea (Fruit / Seeds) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |