Althaea officinalis

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Habitus and growth type

  • Plant height [m]: 1.02
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  • Life span: Perennial
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  • Life form: Hemicryptophyte
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Leaf

  • Specific leaf area [mm2/mg]: 23.55
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Flower

  • Flowering period: April-August
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Fruit, seed and dispersal

  • Seed mass [mg]: 4.92
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  • Dispersal mode: Local non-specific dispersal, Anthropochory
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  • Dispersal distance class: 2, 7
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Trophic mode

  • Parasitism and mycoheterotrophy: autotroph
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  • Carnivory: non-carnivorous
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  • Symbiotic nitrogen fixation: no nitrogen-fixing symbionts
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Taxon origin

  • Origin in Europe: Native
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Ecology

  • Environmental relationships

  • Substrate humidity relationship: Wet
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  • Substrate reaction relationship: Alkaline
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  • Nutrient relationship: Mesotrophic
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  • Ellenberg-type indicator values

  • Light indicator value: 7.2
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  • Moisture indicator value: 7.2
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  • Reaction indicator value: 7.9
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  • Nutrient indicator value: 5.3
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  • Salinity indicator value: 1.9
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  • Disturbance indicator values

  • Disturbance frequency: 1.42
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  • Disturbance frequency (herb layer): 1.63
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  • Disturbance severity: 0.48
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  • Disturbance severity (herb layer): 0.46
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  • Mowing frequency: 0.54
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  • Grazing pressure: 0.23
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  • Soil disturbance: 0.16
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Habitat and sociology

  • Syntaxon

  • Diagnostic species of phytosociological classes: CM (MOL) Molinio-Arrhenatheretea, OD (PHR) Phragmito-Magnocaricetea
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  • EUNIS habitat

  • Diagnostic species of EUNIS habitats: S94 Semi-desert riparian scrub
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  • Constant species of EUNIS habitats: S94 Semi-desert riparian scrub
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  • Broad habitat

  • Occurrence in broad habitats: Coastal saltmarsh, Aquatic, Wetland, Grassland (non-alpine, non-saline), Saline vegetation, Scrub
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Distribution

  • Continentality: 8
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  • Continentality amplitude: 6
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  • Country-based map: Euro+Med Plantbase

No subordinate taxa were found for this item.

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