Caryophyllaceae

Minuartia verna subsp. verna

Minuartia L. Minuartia verna (L.) HIERN subsp. verna (L.) HIERN Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 7 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 8 Habitat: çayırlar Minimum yükseklik: 2750 Maksimum yükseklik: 2750 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: Trakya, Karadeniz, D. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: K., O. ve G. Avrupa, O. ve D. Asya, K. Amerika Bulunduğu kareler:A1 A7 A8 A9 C2

M. verna (L.) Hierh in J. Bot. 37: 320 (1899). Syn: Arenaria verna L., Mant. 1: 72 (1767); Alsine verna (L.) Wahlenb., Fl. Lapp. 129 (1812). Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 5: t. 207 (1841); Ross-Craig, Draw. Brit. PI. 5: t. 48 (1951).   Densely tufted, glabrous to glandular-pubescent perennial, sometimes appar-ently short-lived, 5-10 cm, with numerous flowering stems and dense leaf fas-cicles. Leaves 5-10 mm, subulate-setaceous. Inflorescence 3-6-flowered; bracts broadly triangular; pedicels 5-12 mm. Sepals ovate, acute, 3-veined. Petals ovate-elliptic to suborbicular, abruptly contracted at base into a short claw, slightly longer than sepals. Fl. 7-8. Pastures, ascending to 2750 m.   Described from mountains of S. Europe (Hb. Linn. 585/30 & 31! - cf. Halliday in Feddes Rep. 69: 12, 1964). A1(E) Kirklareli: nr. Soğucak, 12 km ENE of Pinarhisar, Hermann. A7 Gümüşane: Karagöl Da., summit, Sint. 1894:7297! A8 Gümüşane: Sakarsu N of Bayburt, 2745 m, Balls 1832! Çoruh: Şavval Tepe above Murgul, 2750 m, D. 32303! Erzurum: Ispir to Ikizdere, Tatos Da., 2400 m, Hub.-Mor. 15193! A9 Kars: nr. Posof (Grossheim 3: map 228).   N., C. & S. Europe, C. & E. Asia, N. America. An extremely variable species needing further study.   Sect. Minuartia. Annual or perennial. Leaves subulate-setaceous to linear-lanceolate, 3-7-veined. Calyx conical, hardened and rounded to truncate at the base. Sepals linear-lanceolate to ovate, acute to acuminate, 1-3-veined, usually spreading in flower. Staminal glands often prominent, sometimes bipartite. Capsule not exceeding calyx. Seeds obscurely tuberculate, sometimes echinate on the dorsal ridge.   Subsect. Minuartia. Annual. Sepals 3-veined, the central green (brown in fruit) herbaceous part broad, extending beyond the lateral veins, the white membranous margin usually very narrow.