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Morphology

H, 10 - 30cm

Ecology

mountain and subalpine dry meadow

Chorology

Alps

Xylem

Distinct rings, ring porous to semi-ring-porous, vessels solitary, vessels thick-walled, simple perforations, scalariform intervessel pits, vessel diameter 40-70µm, fibers absent, parenchyma pervasive, ray width 3-7 cells, homocellular, prostrate cells, ray cells unlignified, crystals absent.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

With sieve tube groups, with ray dilatations, radial rows of sclerenchyma cells, crystals absent.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

© 2005 WSL - F. Schweingruber, W. Landolt, last update 18.11.2010

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