Rubiaceae

Cruciata articulata

Cruciata MILLER Cruciata articulata (L.) EHREND. Ömür: Tek yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 4 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Habitat: çıplak tebeşirli yamaçlar, nadas tarlalar, bağlar Minimum yükseklik: 360 Maksimum yükseklik: 1400 Endemik: - Element: İran-Turan Türkiye dağılımı: K. Karasal ve G. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Transkafkasya, GB. Asya, Mısır'dan İran’a Bulunduğu kareler:A2 A4 A5 A8 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8

C. articulata (L.) Ehrend. in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 22:396 (1958). Syn: Valantia articulata L., Sp. PI. 1052 (1753); Galium articulatum (L.) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 3:250 (1818) non Lam. (1792); G. cordatum Roemer & Schultes, op. cit. 259 (1818). Ic: Fl. Pal. 3: t. 427 (1979).   Low annual, 3-15(-17) cm. Stems'usually branched from base, branches erect to more often ascending or spreading, sharply quadrangular, glabrous to somewhat hairy (mainly above); lower 2-3 internodes c. 1-3 cm, upper much abbreviated, finally entirely covered by enlarged bracts. Vegetative leaves in 1-few whorls, 4-12 x 1.5-3 mm, obovate, oblanceolate to oblong, obtuse, shortly petiolate, glabrous; leaves of floral region (bracts) yellowish, 7.5-15 x 3-10 mm, strongly accrescent in fruit to c. 15 x 15 mm and closely superimposed, lowest ovate-oblong, rhombic-ovate to ovate, upper cordiform to broadly cordiform, acute to obtuse, sessile glabrous, margins ciliolate towards base or antrorsely scabridulous. Inflorescence spike-like, breaking at nodes when in fruit; cymes c. 5-7-flowered, peduncles to 3 mm, pedicels 0.25-1 mm;peduncles and pedicels scabridulous to hirsute or glabrous, finally reflexed. Corolla pale yellow or greenish-yellow, 1.25-2.75 mm diam., lobes ovate to oblong, acuminate to obtusish. Mericarps usually single, reniform, c. 2-3 mm, papillose-hairy when young, glabrous when ripe, tightly enclosed and dispersed together with a stem fragment, node and persistent papyraceous bract. 2n = 10. Fl. 4-6. Bare chalky slopes, fallow fields, vineyards, 360-1400 m.   Described from Egypt and Syria. (Hb. Linn. 1219/8, photo!).   N., Inner & S. Anatolia. A2(A) Bursa: nr Bursa, Wolff! A4 Çankiri: Çankiri, Çakmaklı De., c. 800 m, Bomm. 1929:14231! A5 Çorum: Iskilip, 33 km from Çorum to iskilip, 800 m, Coode & Jones 1714! A8 Erzurum: 12 km S.W. of ispir, Çoruh gorge, 1350 m, Tatli 4269! B2 Uşak: Uşak, 910 m, Bal. 1857:260! B3 Eskişehir: 40 km W. of Sivrihisar, Sorger 64-12-20! B4 Ankara: 5 km N. of Tuz G. on Ankara to Şereflikoçhisar road, 950 m, Coode & Jones 120! B5 Yozgat: 45 km S. of Yozgat on Boğazliyan road, 1100 m, Coode & Jones 1509! B6 Sivas: Şarkışla, Sivas to Kayseri road, 1300 m, Stainton 8463! B7 Elaziğ: Harput, nr Horsek, Sint. 1889:258! C2 Burdur: 40 km E. of Salda G., Sorger 63-21-1! C3 Isparta: W. of Beyşehir G., E. of Yenişarbademli, 1200 m, Sorger 67-13-4! C4 Konya: 12 km W. of Konya on road to Beyşehir, 4 vi 1937, Reese! C5 Niğde: Ulukişla, Balls 1375! C6 Hatay: nr Antakya, Montbret 1617! C7 Urfa: Urfa to Akçakale, 10 km from Urfa, 500 m, D. 28153! C8 Diyarbakir: Diyarbakir to Çinar, 8 km from Diyarbakir, 650 m, D. 28761!   Transcaucasia; S.W. Asia from Egypt to Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.