The Lime Flower Horn

The lime flower horn (Cerastium brachypetalum) is an annual plant belonging to the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae). It is a plant of dry, calcareous soil, the plant occurs naturally in Eurasia. In Belgium, the rare plant. In the Netherlands, the plant in southern Limburg. She is on the Dutch Red List of plants as very rare and stable or slightly increased.


The plant is 5-35 cm high and is coated with gray hair. The oblong-ovoid, 4-15 mm long and 1.5 to 5 mm wide leaves are gray-green.


The lime hear flower blooms from May to July with white flowers. The 6-9 mm wide petals are as long or shorter than the detached sepals. The petal is deeply fringed edge and the nail was. The stamens are hairy. The inflorescence is a cyme with three to thirty flowers. The lanceolate bracts are densely hairy with hairs or glandular hairs.


The fruit is a 5-7 mm large capsule, which steal at least twice as long as the sepals. The capsule pops open with ten teeth. The light brown seeds are 0.5 mm.




Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkhoornbloem

See also: International Flower Delivery, Florist