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Staphylea pinnata
Bladdernut
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 1018 1598 (2018-10-25)Copyright © 2018 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Apr 16, 2014
latitude 46.03774 longitude 13.58812
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location
South of village Plave, right bank of river Soča, next to the road leading west to Goriška Brda (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: navadni kloček - Habitat: Above road scarp, wood edge; steep mountain slope, northeast aspect; quite dry, sunny place; elevation 105 m (345 feet); average precipitations 2.000-2.600 mm/year, average temperature 11-12 deg C, Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: When in bloom Staphylea pinnata is a conspicuous, beautiful and fragrant, up to few meters tall shrub. Its numerous white flowers can be spotted from far. It is easy to recognize it but much harder to find it. It is nowhere a common plant. Although scattered almost over the whole Slovenia (with exception of plains in northeast Slovenia and most of alpine region) it is seldom encountered. Apparently it is most frequent in lower Soča valley from town Tolmin downstream to Nova Gorica. The plant is very interesting also when in fruits. Fruits are inflated papery capsules with round, hard seeds inside. When the branches are shaken by hand or wind the seeds bump into inner walls of their capsules producing characteristic noise. - Staphylea pinnata is a Southeast European and West Asian floral element loving stony, calcareous ground. It is the only species of its genus growing in Europe. Ref.: (1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 408. (2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 342. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 1040. (4) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 554.camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_791/2014_DSC0559 photo category: Plant - shrub
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