Polygalaceae

Polygala alpestris

Polygala L. Polygala alpestris REICHB. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: çalımsı? Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 4 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 8 Habitat: çayır, mera, yamaç Minimum yükseklik: 200 Maksimum yükseklik: 2600 Endemik: - Element: Avrupa-Sibirya Türkiye dağılımı: KD. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: B. ve O. Avrupa, Balkanlar. Kafkasya Bulunduğu kareler :A7 A8 A9

P. alpestris Reichb., Ic. PI. Crit. 1: 25 & t. 23, f. 45 (1823). Syn: P. microcarpa Gaud., Fl. Helv. 4: 445 (1825). Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 3: t. 1347 (1858). Map 30, p. 509.   Perennial with a slender woody caudex. Stems numerous, ascending-erect, 5-15 cm. Lower leaves narrowly obovate or oblong, obtuse; upper leaves much larger than the lower leaves, lanceolate, acute. Racemes all terminal, dense, up to 30-flowered. Bracts shorter than the pedicels. Inner sepals narrowly elliptic, somewhat stipitate, with veins not anastomosing, or anastomosing only near the apices, blue, 4-5 mm. Corolla blue, shorter than the inner sepals. Capsules obcordate, shorter and broader than the inner sepals. Fl. 4-8. Meadows, pastures, slopes, etc., 200-2600 m.   Type: inter lapides alpinum supra Bex (Switzerland), Charpentier.   Lazistan. A7 Giresun: Yedigözü Y., 2150 m, Hub.-Mor. 13119. Trabzon: Zigana Da., 2000 m, Balls 390! 1689! A8 Çoruh: above Artvin, 1700 m, D. 29717! Rize: Ikizdere, 1100 m, Stainton 8396! A9 Çoruh: Kordevan Da., Kütül Y., 2200 m, D. 30225!   W. & C. Europe, Balkans, Caucasia. Euro-Sib. element. The specimen D. 29717 tends towards P. vulgaris in having inner sepals 5-6 mm.