Amaryllidaceae

Sternbergia lutea

Sternbergia WALDST. ET KIT. Sternbergia lutea (L.) KER-GAWL. EX SPRENGEL Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 9 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 11 Habitat: ekili arazi içi veya yakınları Minimum yükseklik: 20 Maksimum yükseklik: 1000 Endemik: - Element: Akdeniz Türkiye dağılımı: Trakya (?), B. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Akdeniz bölgesi, İran, Irak, Türkmenya Bulunduğu kareler :A2 A5 B1 C1 C2

S.lutea (L.) Ker-Gawl. exSprengel, Syst. Veg. 2:57(1825). Syn: Amaryllis lutea L., Sp. PI. 292 (1753); S. aurantiaca Dinsm. in Post (ed. Dinsm.), Fl. Syria ed. 2, 2:607 (1934). Ic: Bot. Mag. 9: t. 290 (1795), as Amaryllis lutea; Sibth. &Sm., Fl.Graeca 4:t. 310(1823),as,4maryllis lutea; Polunin&Huxley, Fls. Medit. t. 253(1965); We.ndelbo, Tulips & Irises of Iran t. 60(1977); Plants-man 5: frontispiece facing p. 1, 5 (1983). Map 52. Bulb c. 2-4(-5) cm diam. Leaves 4-6, very narrowly lanceolate, tapering gradually to apex, synar.thous or sabhysteranthous with tips just appearing at late flowering time, slightly canaliculate above, keeled beneath, 7-Î 2 mm broad, usually bright shiny green. Aerial portion of scape 2.5-20 cm at anthesis. Bract 3-6 cm, sometimes bifid at apex. Flower deep yellow, sessile. Perianth tube 5-20 mm; segments oblanceolate orobovate,(2.5-)3-5.5 x 1-2.1 cm. Filaments 1.5-3.5 cm. Seeds not strophiolate. Fl 9-1 J, Usually in or near cultivated land, 20-1000 m. Type: "Habitat in Hispania,Italia,Thracia"(holo. Hb. Linn.416/1,photo!). Turkey-in-EuropeC?), W. Anatolia, Islands. Troas*, Webb. A2(A) Bursa: Karacabey, nr Ulubat Gn T. Baytop (ISTE 38846)! A5 Amasya: Amasya kalesi, T. Baytop (ISTE 38628)! Bl Izmir: Izmir, 1827, Fleischer! CI Aydin: 23 km from Aydin to Çine, T. Baytop (ISTE 38830)! C2 Muğla: Yatağan to Milas, nr Eskihisar, T. Baytop (ÎSTE 36266)! Is: Lesvos, Cand.;Khios, Platt! Ikaria, Christos (Rashes), 550 m, D. 40635(0; Santos, int. Kerkis, 1300 m, D. 67789(0; Rodhos, Lindos bay, 20-30 m, D. 67994(!). Widespread in the Mediterranean area, eastwards to Iran, Iraq and USSR (Turkmenian SSR). Medit. element. In Turkey, S. lutea is apparently always associated with cultivated areas and may not be indigenous. A very poor specimen from 'Erzurum*, Zohrsb 8! probably represents this species.