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Spiked rampion
Phyteuma spicatum
Phyteuma spicatum, the spiked rampion, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is common across much of Europe. Its common names include raiponce en épi (French), Ährige Teufelskralle (German), Ährige Rapunzel (Swiss German), and Raponzolo giallo (Italian).
Found in diverse types of forest, especially broadleaf beech forests, but also coniferous forests, as well as prairies, along forest roads, in logging clearings.
From the article Phyteuma spicatum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora Plantlife FloraWeb in German. Photos: Günther's Site; Gerhard Nitter
Wikipedia: “Description and biology”
Range & habitat
Global: GBIF. A collation of numerous data sources which include both historical data and occurrences outside natural range. Britain and Ireland: BSBI Atlas Current known distribution map by hectad in the British Isles. Natural distribution is confined to East Sussex. Germany: FloraWeb. Norway: Norsk Rødliste 2006. Species listed as Vulnerable on Norwegian Red Data List, where it is confined to an area of Telemark county. Switzerland: Infoflora.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133517.