Morphology

H, 10 - 40cm

Ecology

hill and mountain meadow

Chorology

European, W-Asian

Xylem

Indistinct rings, (diffuse porous) vessels solitary, simple perforation, vessel diameter 20-40 µm, fibers absent, parenchyma pervasive, rays uniseriate and multiseriate, all cells upright, vascular bundle form remaining, with prismatic crystals

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Sieve tubes and parenchyma in tangential layers, sieve tubes later compressed, with prismatic crystals, multilayered periderm with regular arranged cells.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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