P. corsica (Sieber ex Tausch, 1828)[Sieber ex Tausch, I.F., Flora, vol. 11 (1), 1828, p. 81-89] |
| First Description: | P. corsica (Sieber ex Tausch, 1828) |
| Synonyms: | P. corallina var. pubescens (Moris, 1837) P. corallina var. leiocarpa (Cosson, 1850) P. corallina var. russoi (Cosson, 1887) P. carollina var. cambessedesii (Huth, 1891) P. corallina f. corsica (Rouy & Foucaud, 1893) P. corallina f. ovatifolia (Rouy & Foucaud, 1893) P. corallina f. russoi (Rouy & Foucaud, 1893) P. corallina f. triternata (Rouy & Foucaud, 1893) P. officinalis subsp. corallina var. corsica (Fiori, 1898) P. officinalis subsp. corallina var. mascula (Fiori, 1898) P. officinalis subsp. corallina var. triternata (Fiori, 1898) P. russoi var. reverchonii (Legrand, 1899) P. mascula var. ovatifolia (Gürke, 1903) P. mascula var. corsica (Gürke, 1903) P. mascula var. russoi (Gürke, 1903) P. glabrescens (Jordan & Fourreau, 1903) P. revelieri (Jordan & Fourreau, 1903) P. corallina var. pubescens f. hypoleuca (Briquet, 1910) P. cambessedesii (Briquet, 1910) P. corallina var. broteri f. ovatifolia (Ascherson & Graebner, 1923) P. corallina var. russoi f. hypoleuca (Ascherson & Graebner, 1923) P. russoi var. leiocarpa (Stern, 1943) P. russoi (Stern, 1946) P. mascula subsp. russoi (Cullen & Heywood, 1964) P. coriacea (Zángheri, 1976) P. mascula subsp. coriacea (Malag., 1997) P. morisii (Cesca & Passalacqua, 2001) |
P. corsica (Flower) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
| Plant: | Ploidy: | 2n=10 |
| Growth Type: | herbaceous / perennial | |
| Height: | 35-80cm | |
| Roots: | thickened, carrot-shaped, up to 2cm in diameter | |
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| Leaves: | # segmentation: | 9, rarely segmented nearly to the base, thus leaflets and/or leaf segments mostly 9, less frequently 10, 11, very rarely up to 20 |
| others: | petioles glabrous or villose, lower leaves biternate; leaflets 9, rarely segmented nearly to the base, thus leaflets and/or leaf segments mostly 9, less frequently 10, 11, very rarely up to 20, ovate to elliptic, 4-13cm long, 2-8cm wide, always glabrous above, but mostly rather densely, less frequently sparsely villose, rarely glabrous beneath |
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| Flowers: | Season: | late April to late May |
| # flowers/stem: | terminal | |
| Bracts: | involucrate bracts 0-3, leaf-like | |
| Sepals: | 2-8, but mostly 3-5, unequal in size, green or green but purple at the periphery to entirely purple, ovate-orbicular, with 1 or 2 (rarely three) acute, the rest rounded at the apex, rarely one caudate at the apex | |
| Petals: | 7-8, obovate | |
| Flower Colour: | rose | |
| Filaments: | purple | |
| Anthers: | yellow | |
| Disk: | 1mm high, waved, tomentose on flowers with tomentose carpels | |
| others: | ||
| Fruit: | Season: | late July to September |
| # of Carpells: | 1-8, but mostly 2-5 | |
| Carpell: | green, purple or red, hispidulous, with hairs 1.5mm long, brown-yellow, rarely glabrous, the widest above the middle | |
| Style / Stigma: | styles 1.5-3mm long stigmas red, 1-1.5mm wide |
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| Follicles / Ovary / Ovules: | ||
| Seeds: | ovoid-spherical, black, ca. 7mm long, 5-6mm in diameter | |
| Habitat: | Location: | growing in oak and pine forests, maquis and herbs at 400-1700m in altitude |
| Soil: | on various media, limestones, granites and metamorphic rocks | |
| Geogr. Distr.: | confined to Corsica (France), Sardinia (Italy) and SW Greece | |
| Countries: | France, Italy, Greece | |
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P. corsica (entire plant) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. corsica (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. corsica (Flower) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. corsica (Fruit / Seeds) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |