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Vaccaria hispanica (Cowherb) |
Vaccaria hispanica (CARYOPHYLLACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Vaccaria hispanica(Miller) Rauschert
Published in Wiss. Zeitschr. Univ. Halle 14: 496 (1965) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Caryophyllaceae
Juss. (The Pink or Carnation Family)
39 species from the Caryophyllaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Cowherb | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Casual or accidental alien species introduced in Malta rather recently and which is short-lived or resticted in small populations for a short time without becoming widespread. | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-May | Colour of Flowers: | Pink or Violet |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Usually a weed of cultivated fields |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Escapee from gardens and old farm houses. Rarely seen nowadays |
Botanical Description: |
Stems 30-60 cm, erect, branched above, glabrous. Leaves c. 5 cm, ovate to lanceolate, glaucous. Flowers in much-branched dichasia; pedicels long; bracts scarious, with green midrib. Calyx 12-17 mm; teeth ovate, acute. Petal-limb 3-8 mm, sometimes exserted, pale or dark purplish, entire or bifid. Seeds 2-2.5 mm, numerous, subglobose. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=30 |
Distributional range: |
Most of Europe, except Fennoscandia and the north-west, but only naturalized or casual in much of the northern part of its range |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, †Au Belgium, the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, †Co Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part), Introduced in Czeck Republic and Slovakia, the Netherlands |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G) Ag Al Ar †Au Au(A) Be Bl(I M N) Bu dCa(F L T) †Co Cr Ct Cy Eg Ga(F) Gr He Hs(A S) Hu IJ It Li LS Lu Ma Mk Mo Rm Sa Si(M S) Sl Sn Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [Es Fe Ge La Lt Po Sk] |
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