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Cerinthe glabra MILLER |
Cerinthe L. |
| C. glabra Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 8, no. 2 (1768). Syn: C. alpina Kit. in Schultes, Österreichs Fl. ed. 2, 1:353 (1814). Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 18: t. 1295 (1857); Hegi, 111. Fl. Mittel-Eur. 5(3): f. 3137 (1927). Perennial. Stems ascending to erect, 14-50 cm, usually much-branched. Basal leaves narrowly elliptic, lamina to 12x3.5 cm, obtuse, attenuate into 4-6 cm, petiole; cauline ovate to oblong, to 7x 3.2 cm, obtuse, sessile, cordate-amplexi-caul. Bracts usually greenish. Calyx divided to 1/2 or almost to base, lobes lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous. Corolla with yellow lobes and yellow to greenish-yellow tube with purple band around throat, 32-14 x 3.5-4.5 mm, lobes broadly ovate, erect to recurved. Nutlets dark brown, ovoid-acuminate, c. 4x3 mm sharply beaked, keeled ventrally and in upper 1/2 dorsally. Fl. 6-8. Pinus sylvestris and Abies forest, roadsides, rock ledges, limestone slopes, 1600-3300 m. Described from Italy and S. France. N. & E. Anatolia, local. A4 Çankiri: llgaz Da, 1700 m, T.Baytop (ISTE 11302)! Kastamonu: llgaz Da, N. side, 2000 m, D. 38316! A8 Çoruh: Artvin to Ardanuç (Grossheim 7: map 324). A9 Çoruh: d. Ardanuç, Kordevan Da, 2700 m, D. 30373! B7 Tunceli: Munzur Da. above Ovacik, 2400 m, D. 31372! B8 Bitlis: Kambos Da. above Hurmuz, 2130 m, D. 23391! B9 Ağri: Suluçem (Musun) to Balik G, 2150 m, D. 47318! Bitlis: Süphan Da, 3000 m, D. 24734! Van: Artos Da, N. slopes above Gevaş, 2750 m, McNeill 739! C. & S. Europe, Balkans, Caucasia. Euro-Sib. element. |