A Series Of Spinal Lobes

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A series of spinal lobes (lat. Bidens connata) - an annual herb of the genus Chereda (lat. Bidens). Differs in unpretentiousness to the composition of the soil. The stem of the plant is dark purple to black.

What's in your name

Although the Serious-lobed Seed has 4 serrated spines at the top of each seed, the first word of the Latin name of the plant “Bidens”, consisting of two words, translated as “two” and “tooth”, is quite justified. After all, two shorter internal spines are very fragile and often break off from the seed, leaving only two external ones on it.

The adjective "spice-lobed" in the name of the Series can mean the shape of the leaves, as if grown together from several lobes, or it would be more correct to translate from Latin not "spliced-lobed", but "spliced", for the accrete petals of the inner perianth.

Description

The root system of the Interstitial lobe is represented by a small taproot, from which numerous lateral roots extend.

Erect, sometimes branching, the stem can grow in one season up to two meters in height. Its bare shoots, less or more round in cross section, are naturally colored from light green to purple.

Lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate leaves of the Arborealis are oppositely located on the stem, and the uppermost ones may be alternating. The edge of the leaf plate is coarsely serrated. The leaves, located at the base of the stem, often have a pair of small lobes. Both sides of the leaf are bare, but the top is more brightly colored than the underside. In autumn, the leaves change their color to purplish green or purple. The leaves hold onto the stem with short petioles, becoming narrower as they approach the petioles.

The upper stems of the plant end with peduncles, which can be from one to three pieces. Peduncles, like shoots, are devoid of pubescence and are painted in light green or purple-green colors. The inflorescence basket is formed by a central disc with numerous narrow-tubular flowers, which in rare cases are surrounded by sterile petal flowers. Even if there are petals, they are few and far between.

But the flowers of the disc are magnificent. Their color ranges from yellow to orange. Each flower has a corolla, along the upper edge of which there are 4-5 ascending curved lobes.

The inflorescence is protected by a double bracts. The petals of the inner bracts are fused at their bases. Outer leaf bracts are oblong, glabrous, green in color.

Flowering occurs in August-September, culminating in the birth of fruits. Spinous achenes 5-6 mm long have a flattened apex armed with four serrated awns. True, the shorter and more fragile internal spines are often torn off, making the species responsible for the reproduction of two longer external spines.

Due to self-seeding, a series of common lobes sometimes forms dense colonies.

Growing conditions

In the wild, Lobacea grows along slopes of sewers; loves muddy areas of seasonal or permanent bogs.

When growing a series of buds in a culture under conditions of high humidity, sunny places are chosen for the plant in order to soften the effect of moisture on its growth and development. Although the Arborealis is not popular with gardeners, it is considered less spectacular among other species of the genus due to the insignificant or absent marginal flowers.

To soils, the series is not whimsical, it grows well on loamy, clayey or silty soils.

The parasitic plant Dodder, which is often found in wetlands, sometimes sticks its suckers into the roots of the Arborea, sucking life from the plant.