Soldanella pusilla Baumg., Enum. Stirp. Transs. 1 (1816) 138; Vel., Fl. Bulg. (1891) 476; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc. II (1928) 28; Cros. et Pign., Webbia, 6 (1962) 443; S. Pawl., Fl. Eur. Ill (1972) 23; Exs.: PI. Bulg. Exsicc. No 14 - Дребно крайснежно звънче
Fam: Primulaceae Vent.
Genus: Soldanella L.
Species: Soldanella pusilla Baumg.
English Name: Dwarf snowbell
Description:
Perennials. Rhizome short, knotty, fibrous roots. Stem 2 - 10 cm tall, 0.5 - 1.0 millimeters in diameter at the top darkening, sat, partly fallen glandular fibrous. Leaves 5 - 15 mm long, 7 - 18 mm wide, kidney, slightly leathery, punctate glandular, on 10 - 25 mm long, glandular, drop off early sat or bare stalks. Blossoms single, bracts 2.5 - 5.0 mm long, 0.9 - 1.3 mm in clear width, lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, glandular sat on the surface. The handles of the blossoms 2 - 9 mm long, sat glandular, after overflow elongating. Calyx 2 - 5 mm high, 1.0 - 1.5 mm wide, the shares 5, lanceolate, sat glandular. Corolla 8 -14 mm long, 6 - 12 mm wide, bell-shaped; corolla parts shallow to 1/8 serrated, sat glandular and with emanations, pale pink to white. Box 10 - 15 mm long, 3 - 4 mm wide, almost cylindrical, slightly tapering towards the top, opening with 5 blunt teeth, naked. Seed 0,5 - 0.6 mm long, 0.3 - 0.4 mm in clear width, irregularly polygonal, polygonal, ridged, with shiny surface
Flowering Time: Blooms: VI, VII, fruitful: VII-VIII.
References: „Флора на НР България”, том VIII, БАН, София, (1982)
Distribution in Bulgaria:
Near the melting snowdrifts, highly moisturized soil silicate. Vitosha region (Vitosha mountain), Pirin, Rila, mountains, over 2200 m altitude.
Indicate for Central and Western Balkan mountains, West Frontier mountains (Osogovska mountain), Eastern Rhodopes - (“Chal“ Mountain) (Urum., 1905, 1908, 1913, 1935). (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.
Distribution:
Conservation status and threats: not protected species in Bulgaria by theBiodiversity Law.Законодателство на Република България: Закон за биологичното разнообразие
Medical plant: it is not medical plant - http://lex.bg/laws/ldoc/2134916096
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