Boraginaceae |
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Onosma bracteosum HAUSSKN. ET BORNM |
Onosma bracteosum HAUSSKN. ET BORNM |
Onosma L. |
O. bracteosum Hausskn. & Bornm. in Mitt. Thür. Bot. Ver. 9:19 (1891). Mag. Bot. Lap. 30:73 (1931). Perennial. Stems usually numerous, 15-30 cm, simple or little-branched, patent-setose and with short dense hairs. Basal leaves forming subcaespitose rosettes, often shrivelled at flowering time, 20-50x3-10 mm, lanceolate to spathulate, petiolate or sessile; cauline 15-50x2.5-7 mm, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse to acute. Basal and lower cauline leaves adpressed to patent-setose on stellate-hairy tubercles, upper cauline with setae on ± glabrous tubercles above and on midrib beneath, surface sparsely hairy beneath. Inflorescence of 1-3 terminal cymes, scorpioid at first, becoming elongated and nearly straight. Bracts linear to linear-lanceolate, longer than calyx. Pedicels very short. Calyx 10-12 mm in flower, to 23 mm in fruit, lobes linear, acute. Corolla cream to pale yellow, 18-22 mm, cylindrical-campanulate to clavate-campanulate, papillose. Anthers included, much shorter than filaments. Nutlets 3-4x2.5-3 mm, ovoid, with ventral keel and subacute slightly incurved beak, pale grey. Fl. 5-7. Fallow fields, montane steppe, limestone rocks, steppe, 300-2100 m. Type: [Turkey A5 Amasya] in der warmen Region Amasias bei Boghaschan (Boğazköy?), Bornmüller 769c (holo. B! iso. W!). Scattered through N. Turkey & Inner Anatolia. A2(E) Istanbul: 30 km N. of Istanbul, Hb. Ball! A3 Bilecik: by Karasu, 300-400 m, Bornm. 1929:13483! A4 Çankiri: Çankiri, Çalmalidere, 800 m, Bornm. 1929:13482! A5 Kastamonu: Tosya, Çepni pass, Sin t. 1892:4324! A8 Erzurum: S. of lspir, 1600 m, Barclay 709! B5 Kayseri: Kayseri to Bunyan, D. 21843! B6 Sivas: 20 km W. of Divriği, 1500 m, Sorger 69-44-2! B9 Van: 8 km from Van to Erçek, 2100 m, D. 44422! C3 lsparta: Kuru Tepe, 1400 m, Sorger 64-41-10! C5 Niğde: Bereketli Maaden (Çamardi), 1600 m, Siehe 1906:152! Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. Morphologically variable. |