| Boraginaceae |
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Onosma rechingeri H. RIEDL |
Onosma L. |
| O. rechingeri H.Riedl in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 108:404 (1961). Ic: op. cit. 109:218, t. 1 (1962). Perennial. Stems 15-70 cm, branched above, patent-setose. Leaves 15-40x4- 12 mm, lanceolate to obovate-lanceolate, densely patent- to subadpressed-setose; basal petiolate, usually obtuse, cauline 25-30 mm, sessile, evanescent, usually only 1 or 2 remaining at flowering time. Inflorescence much branched, pseudo-paniculate, cymes scarcely involute. Bracts very small, sometimes absent. Pedicels 2-3 mm in flower, 5-6 mm in fruit. Calyx 5-8 mm, cleft to -2/3-3/4, base angulate in fruit, lobes linear-lanceolate, shortly hairy, setose, setae becoming yellowish when dry. Corolla yellow, 12-15 mm, subcylindrical, very finely pubescent. Annulus hairy. Anthers included, equalling filaments. Nutlets usually solitary (-4), 3 mm, acuminate, brownish. Fl. 8. Limestone, 900-1350 m. Type: [Turkey C8/9 Siirt] Türk.-Kurdistan: distr. Bitlis, in declivibus glareosis prope oppidum Sert, Handel-Mazzetti 628 (holo. W!). S.E. Anatolia, rare. C10 Hakkari: Şemdinli, nr Fakiyan köyü, 1350 m, T. Baytop (lSTE 26050)! N. Iraq. Ir.-Tur. element. Related to O. anisocalyx Edmondson & Riedl (Israel J. Bot. 27:14, 1978), occurring in B7 Tunceli and B8 Diyarbakir, which differs by characters indicated in a footnote to the key (p. 328). This species will be treated more fully in the Supplement. |