Caryophyllaceae

Stellaria media subsp. media

Stellaria L. Stellaria media (L.) VILL. subsp. media (L.) VILL. Ömür: Tek yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 4 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Habitat: ? Minimum yükseklik: 10 Maksimum yükseklik: 2500 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: K., B. ve O. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: B. Suriye, Suriye Çölü Bulunduğu kareler :A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A9 B1 B4 C1 C2 C6

S. media (L.) Vill., Hist. PL Dauph. 3: 615 (1789). Syn: Alsine media L., Sp. PI. 272 (1753). Annual herb, sprawling or weakly erect. Lower leaves petiolate, cordate or ovate; upper with short petioles or sessile, often larger than the lower leaves. Inflorescence usually with ± condensed branches, sometimes appearing umbellate, or rarely lax and much branched. Sepals 3-7 mm, acute, glabrous or hairy. Petals usually 5, not exceeding sepals, sometimes very small or 0. Stamens 3-10. Styles 3. Capsule valves usually slightly exceeding calyx and split nearly to base. A very variable, cosmopolitan species. The taxa here recognised as subordinate to S. media are often treated as species (cf. Flora Europaea 1: 134 (1964); Fl. URSS 6: 395-7, 1936). 1. Stems with a single line of hairs only, or glabrous 2. Stamens 8-10 subsp. neglecta 2. Stamens 3-5(-7) 3. Petals at least half the calyx length; stamens 5-7 subsp. media 3. Petals absent or very small and malformed; stamens 3-5 subsp. pallida 1. Stems hairy all round, at least above subsp. postii subsp. media. Ic: Bonnier, Fl. Comp. Fr., Suisse et Belge 2: t. 87 f. 455 (1913). Fl. 4-6. Described from Europe. A2(E) Istanbul: Şişli to Ihlamur, 17 iv 1892, Azn! A2(A) Istanbul: Anadolu Hisar to Göksu, 6 iv 1892, Azn.! Kocaeli: Tuzla, 26 iv 1897, Azn.! Bursa: Uludağ, 15 v 1955, M. Heilbronn! A3 Bolu: Bolu, 700 m, 25 v 1953, Özgen 31! A4 Zonguldak: Büyük kapuz near Zonguldak, Demiriz 1548! A6 Samsun: Sam-sun, 10 m, Tobey 442! A7 Gümüşane: Daltaban nr. Gümüşane, Sint. 1894: 5493! A9 Çoruh: Kordevan Da. nr. Yalnizçam, 2100 m, D. 30194! Bl Izmir: Çesme to Sifne, 30 m, D. 41857! B4 Ankara: Ankara Orman Çiftliği, Alinoğlu 231! C6 Gaziantep: Bal Kuz nr. Birecik, 400 m, Haradj. 1027! W. Syria, Syrian Desert. This variety includes specimens with hairy sepals and a prominent hairy line down the stem, and specimens which are apparently completely glabrous (var. glaberrima Azn. ?). subsp. neglecta (Weihe) Murb. in Bot. Not. 199 (1899). Syn: S. neglecta Weihe in Bluff & Fing., Gomp. Fl. Germ. 1: 560 (1825). Fl. 4-7. Type: [Germany] c. Mennighussen, princip. Mindensis, Mai-Jul., Weihe. A2 Bursa: nr. Armutlu, 24 iv 1964, Tutel! Ulu Da., 5 vii 1944, Başarman. B4 Ankara: Ankara, 1941, Başarman1. Cyprus, Palestine, Lebanon, Sweden. The 10-stamened state seems to occur sporadically throughout the range of the species. subsp. pallida (Dumort.) Aschers. & Graebn., Fl. Nordost. Flachl. 310 (1898). Syn: Alsine pallida Dum., Fl. Belg. 109 (1827); S. apetala auct. Fl. 3-5. Described from Belgium. A1(A) Çanakkale: Thymbra, nr. Erenköy, Sint. 1883:36! A2(E) Istanbul: Kilyos, s.l. Coode & Jones 65! A2(A) Istanbul: Vaniköy to Candilli, 3 v 1892, Azn.! A3 Bolu: Aladağ, Kühne 987! A5 Samsun: Havsa, Tobey 928a! C6 Gazian-tep : Bal Kuz nr. Birecik, 400 m, Haradj. 978! W. Syria, Syrian Desert. The range of sepal length in the Orient material of subsp. pallida is 3-5 mm. Subsp. media has overlapping sepal measurements of 4-7 mm. The seed colour, used by Ghater & Heywood in Fl. Eur. 1: 134 (1964), is not helpful in identifying Turkish material - the specimen with the smallest sepals has dark seeds, for instance. Hayek's claim (Prodr. Fl. Balc. 1: 215, 1924) that sepal shape can be used to separate subsp. media from subsp. pallida cannot be maintained in Turkish material, nor does it seem possible therefore to separate apetaious forms of subsp. media from the usually apetaious subsp. pallida. Apetaious specimens have not been seen with more than 5 stamens. subsp. postii Holmboe, Berg. Mus. Skr. 1(2): 70 (1914), with illustration. Syn: S. media subsp. neglecta var. pubescens Post, Fl. Syr. 154 (1896). Stamens 10. Fl. 3-6 ? Rocky places nr. s.l. Many syntypes cited from the E. Mediterranean. Bl Izmir: Çiplak Dağ nr. Armutlu, 980 m, Hub.-Mor. 2762. C1 Izmir: Sam-sun Da., above Güzelçamli, 500-600 m, D. 41690a! C2 Muğla: Marmaris, 30 m, D. 25280! ibid., Fethiye, Telmessus, 30 m, D. 25409! C6 Hatay: Amanus, Haradj. 402! Is: Ikaria, Rech. A752; Rodhos, D. 40329! Cyprus, Palestine, Greece. Specimens from C7, C2 & Is, all very similar to each other, have all the stems with hairs all round, and match specimens of S. media subsp. cupaniana (Jordan & Fourr.) Nyman, which has been recorded by Flora Europaea (loc. cit.) only for W. & C. Mediterranean. All specimens placed here under subsp. postii have 10 stamens.