Clausia

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Clausia (Latin Clausia) - a small genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing in Eurasia, ranked by botanists in the Cabbage family (lat. Brassicaceae). Delicate plants of the genus do not know how to resist the more assertive representatives of the plant world, such as Field Bindweed, Field Sowthrow or Wheatgrass creeping, and therefore more and more often fall into the list of endangered plants and are entered by humans in the Red Data Books. Thanks to fans of the plants of the genus Clausia, some species have moved to garden and summer cottages, adding stems and leaves in growth, in the size of delicate, charming and fragrant flowers, getting along well with other ornamental plants.

What's in your name

All sciences are closely intertwined, because they study one object - life. Here is a successful chemist, Karl-Ernst Claus (Karl Ernst Claus, 1796 - 1864), who devoted part of his creative life to botany, taking part in the study of the flora of the Caspian steppes and the Volga region.

So that the descendants do not forget about the glorious deeds of the botanist chemist, his name is immortalized in the name of the genus of herbaceous plants - Clausia (Clausia).

Description

In the wild, perennial plants of the genus Clausia do not differ in height and multi-flowered inflorescences. From the taproot with numerous adventitious roots, a simple stem up to 40 centimeters high rises to the surface of the earth. Closer to the apex, the stem branches slightly. The stem is protected from visits of harmful insects by glandular pubescence.

The leaves of the plant can be divided into two groups. Petiole leaves growing from root buds form a dense root rosette in the first year of each plant's life. In the second year, a leafy peduncle stem is born from a rosette of oblong leaves. The leaves, like the stem, have a protective cover of glandular hairs.

The carpal or capitate inflorescence is formed by few pinkish-violet or purple-lilac small flowers. Cultivated varieties have larger flowers. The length of the fragrant petals in culture is 1.5-3 times the length of the wild-growing Clausia petals, reaching 3 centimeters.

The fruit of the plants of the genus Clausia is the pod.

Varieties

* Sun-loving Clausia (Latin Clausia aprica) - has a synonym, Sun-loving Clausia;

* Clausia bristly (Latin Clausia hispida);

* Klausia soft (Latin Clausia mollissima);

* Klausia Turkestan (lat. Clausia turkestanica);

* Clausia ussuriensis (lat. Clausia ussuriensis).

Usage

All cultivated plants once grew in the wild, until a man's gaze singled them out among the rich forbs. This process continues today.

So, 10 years ago, among wild Siberian plants, a biologist, M. A. Martynova, noticed Klausia the sun-loving one and began to study the habits of a pretty plant in order to preserve its natural abilities as much as possible to help the plant become even more elegant and attractive for man-made flower beds. And she succeeded.

Today, more and more often you can see the unpretentious Klausia sun-loving in summer cottages with larger leaves and lush purple-pink inflorescences that adorn flower beds from May to July and attract useful bees with their aroma.

Conditions for plant life

Not spoiled by wildlife, Klausia sunflower grows well on poor calcareous and stony soils, avoiding stagnant water. But watering the plant is needed to maintain abundant flowering.

Although buds of growth are born on the roots of the plant, they do not always turn out to be viable, and therefore more aggressive plants, such as the Sow thistle or Wheatgrass creeping, can easily displace the sun-loving Clausia, the appearance of which in the flower garden should be monitored in a timely manner.

But in the circle of such plants as Pseudo-petal or broad-leaved Basil, Cloves of all stripes, Narrow-leaved Lily, Sun-loving Clausia feels wonderful.