Liliaceae

Hyacinthus orientalis subsp. orientalis

Hyacinthus L. Hyacinthus orientalis L. subsp. orientalis L. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 3 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 4 Habitat: çalılık, kalker kayalı yamaç Minimum yükseklik: 400 Maksimum yükseklik: 1600 Endemik: - Element: D. Akdeniz Türkiye dağılımı: G. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: B. Suriye Bulunduğu kareler:B6 B7 C4 C5 C6

H. orientalis L., Sp. PI. 454(1753). Ic: Bot, Reg. 12: t. 995 (1826); Bentzer et al, op. cit. t. 1 A-C(1974).   Leaves 4-6, linear to linear-elliptic, margin smooth. Scapes 1-2, 10-33 cm incl. raceme. Raceme (l-)2-8(-12)-flowered, lax. Bracts 1,5-4 mm, bifid, hyaline. Pedicels 2-7 mm, elongating to 16 mm in fruit. Perianth ratter pale grey- to violet-blue, rarely white (in cultivated specimens also rose and pale yellow), 20-30(-35) mm; tube cylindrical, somewhat widened around ovary, lobes half as long to as long as tube, narrowly ovate to lanceolate, obtuse. Filaments attached near middle of tube, slender, c. as long as anthers; anthers 3-4 mm, elliptic-oblong. Capsule c. 10 mm diam., globose, somewhat fleshy. Seeds several, c. 3 mm, black with wrinkled surface, with a distinct white elaiosome. 1, Leaves to 4-5(-ll) mm broad, narrowly linear; perianth lobes 1/2-4/5 as long as tube subsp. orientalis 1. Leaves often 12-15 mm broad, linear-elliptic; perianth lobes c. as long as tube subsp. chionophilus subsp. orientalis. 2n—16. Fl. 3-4. Rocky limestone slopes, scrub ,400-1600 m.   Described from Asia and Africa (Hb. Linn. 438/8!).   S. Anatolia. C4 Içel: Silifke to Gülnar, T. Baytop (lSTE 23909)! C5 lçel: Findikpinar above Mersin, 1200 m, D. 26494! Niğde: Çiftehan to Pozanti, 750 m, Balls 666! Adana: Bürücek, 1300 m, D.26336! Gaziantep: Fevzipaşa to Gaziantep, top of pass, 1600 m, Mathew & Tomlinson 4159! C6 Hatay: Nacar Da. above Antakya, 400 m, Watson et al. 2464!   W. Syria. Subspontaneous in S. Europe. E. Medit. element,