Boraginaceae

Arnebia pulchra

Arnebia FORSSK. Arnebia pulchra (ROEMER ET SCHULTES) EDMONDSON Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 7 Habitat: kayalı ve çimenlik yamaçlar Minimum yükseklik: 1525 Maksimum yükseklik: 3000 Endemik: - Element: Hirkan-Karadeniz (Dağ) Türkiye dağılımı: KD. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Kafkaslar, Gürcistan, K. İran Bulunduğu kareler:A8 A9

A. pulchra (Roemer & Schultes) Edmondson in Willdenowia 8:33, t. 1 (1977), with full synonymy. Syn: Lycopsis echioides L., Sp. PI. ed. 2:199 (1762) quoad syn. non descr. et typ.; L. pulchra Willd. ex Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 4:756 (1819); Arnebia longiftora C.Koch in Linnaea 23:640 (1849); A. cyrousiana Parsa in Kew Bull. 211 (1948); Lithospermum tournefortii Johnston in J. Arn. Arb. 33:336 (1952) quoad descr. non typ.; Echioides longiflorum (C.Koch) Johnston, op. cit. 35:58 (1954). Ic: Bot. Mag. 74: t. 4409 (1848); Encycl. Gard. Pls. & Fls. p. 58 (1971), both as Arnebia echioides. Figures 7, p. 241; 10, p. 247.   Perennial, with stout scaly stock. Stem simple, 17-42 cm, densely patent-pilose. Leaves softly hispidulous to pilose, lanceolate to oblong; basal attenuate into short petiole, blade 6-15 x 1-2.5 cm; cauline sessile, cordate-amplexicaul. Inflorescence a compact terminal head. Calyx 10-12 mm in flower, 13-18 mm in fruit, divided ± to base, lacking gibbous projections, lobes obtuse. Corolla sulphur-yellow, 20-24 mm; tube puberulous inside and outside, 15-18 mm, annu-lus absent; limb 18-26 mm diam., sinuses with blackish spots which fade with age. Stamens inserted irregularly (3 +2) at different levels. Nutlets 4-4.5 x 3-3.5 mm, ovoid-subglobose, acute, chestnut-brown, tuberculate and faintly rugulose-scrobiculate, with sharp ventral keel. Fl. 6-7. Rocky (often igneous) and grassy-slopes, 1525-3000 m.   Type: Ad Caucasum, Adams (holo. B-Willd. 3396, photo!).   N.E. Anatolia. A8 Erzurum: W. of Devri Da. nr Ispir, 2740 m, Barclay 958! Rize: lkiz De. to Ispir, top of pass, 3000 m, Stn. & Mend. 6241! above Djimil (Cimil), 2500 m, Bal. 1866:858! Çoruh: above Artvin, 1525 m, GuichardTUR! 125/62! A9 Kars: S.W. side of Kisir Da, between Kars and Ardahan, 2200 m, D. 29623!   Caucasus, Georgia, N, Iran. Hyrcano-Euxine (mt.) element. A most attractive plant, sometimes cultivated in European rock gardens.