Carum meifolium

Apiaceae

Carum meifolium

Carum L.
Carum meifolium (BIEB.) BOISS.
Ömür: Çok yıllık
Yapı: ot
Hayat formu:
İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 7
Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 8
Habitat: alpin çayırlar, gevşek kayalıklar
Minimum yükseklik: 1600
Maksimum yükseklik: 2560
Endemik: -
Element: ?
Türkiye dağılımı: K. ve D. Anadolu
Genel dağılımı: Kafkasya, Gürcistan
Bulunduğu kareler:A6 A7 A8 A9 B7

C. meifolium (Bieb.) Boiss., Fl. Or. 2:880 (1872). Syn: Cnidium meifolium Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 3:213 (1819); Carum armenum Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, 1:137(1844).
  Ascending, glabrous, branched perennial with a woody fusiform root. Stems finely ridged, (3-)10-35 cm. Basal leaves ovate-triangular, 2-pinnate, up to 8 x 2.5 cm; ultimate segments ovate, lobed or pinnatisect, up to 10x2.5 mm. Petiole usually longer than rachis, sheathed. Upper cauline leaves few, small, with broad sheathing petioles. Rays 3-12, unequal, 1-4 cm. Bracts 2-10, simple, c. 7 xO.5 mm, or leaf-like, deflexed in fruit. Bracteoles 2-8, 2-8.5 mm, deflexed in fruit. Flowers white or pinkish, 10-12 per umbellule. Fruits glabrous, ellipsoid, c. 5 x 2.5 mm; styles c. 0.5 mm; stylopodium flat-conical. Fl. 7-8. Alpine meadows, loose rocks, 1600-2560 m.
  Type: 'Hab. in Caucasia alpestribus' (LE).
  N. & E. Anatolia. A6 Sivas: Çamlibel pass between Yildizeli and Artova, 1700 m, 1939, Reese. Ordu: Erdaş above Çambaşi, 2000 m, Tobey 1412! A7 Gümüşane: Karagöl Da., Sint. 1894:7275! Giresun: Balaban dağlari above Tamdere, 2400 m, D. 20659! A8 Rize: d. Ikizdere, Çarankaya Y., 2300 m, D. 20967! Trabzon: Soğanli pass, 2440 m, Archibald 3287! Erzurum: 39 km from Erzurum to Tonum, 1980 m, Hıtb.-Mor. 15401: Gümüşane: Sakarsu, N. of Bayburt, 2560 m, Balls 1670a! Çoruh: nr. Artvin 'Grossheim 7: map 81). A9 Çoruh: nr. Şavşat (Grossheim 7: map 81); Kars: 14 km from Selim to Sarikamiş, 1920 m, Hub.-Mor. 15404. B7 Erzincan: Sipikör Da., 2000 m, Hub.-Mor. 12011. Caucasus, Georgia. Intergrading varieties have been recognized in this species such as var. divergens (Boiss. & Huet) Boiss., with dwarf or sub-absent stems, and var. rhodantlum Troitsky with pink petals.