Red bartsia
size:
plant: 10 to 60 centimeters
color:
flower: red
blossoms:
July through September
pollination:
bees and wasps
reproduction:
seed
lifespan:
annual
- Dut: Rode ogentroost, late ogentroost
- Lat: Odontites vernus subsp. serotina
- Eng: Red bartsia
- Fren: Odontite rouge
- Ger: Roter Zahntrost, Später Roter Zahntrost, Herbst-Zahntrost, Roter Augentrost
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- Red bartsia, foto fitis, sytske dijksen
Red bartsia
Red bartsia is a half-parasite growing in damp, grassy areas, where it uses the roots of the various grasses for nutrients and water. It only germinates in the spring, reaching its peak blossom at the end of the summer. This plant grows in more nutrient-rich and compact soils than other broomrape species. It is also tolerant to some salt. You'll even find red bartsia prospering in gull colonies and on green beaches!
- Three species
- Red bartsia, foto fitis, sytske dijksen
There are three subspecies of red bartsia, serotina, verna and litoralis. Serotina is commonly found in the delta region and on the Wadden Islands. Otherwise, it is rare in the Netherlands. Verna is extremely rare here and only found in the vicinity of pastures, on chalk, loam and sandy clay. Litoralis is also very rare, found only on higher regions of salt marshes, particularly in the wadden region. Red bartsia is on the Dutch Red List of plants as a common plant that is strongly declining.
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