| Boraginaceae |
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Onosma sericeum WILLD. |
Onosma L. |
| O. sericeum Willd., Sp. PI. 1:774 (1798). Syn: Colsmannia flava Lehm. in Ges. Nat. Freunde Berlin Mag. 8:92 (1818); O. elegans C.Koch in Linnaea 17:306 (1843), incl. var. gundelsheimeri C.Koch, loc. cit.; O. tripartitum Hochst. in Lorent, Wanderungen 334 (1845); O. brachysolen Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(11): 104 (1849); O.flavum (Lehm.) Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:186 (1875). Ic: Boul., Fl. Lib. Syr. t. 292 f. 1 (1930), as O. flavum; Takht. & Fedorov, Fl. Erevana ed. 2: t. 69 (1972). Perennial, stems solitary to several, to 30 cm, erect or ascending, unbranched or nearly, so. Leaves 18-100 x 5-25(-30) mm, obovate to lanceolate, acute, basal petiolate, cauline usually sessile, adpressed-sericeous, setae on minute tubercles. Inflorescence rather lax, cymes scorpioid at first elongating after flowering. Bracts to 7 mm, linear-lanceolate to linear. Pedicels 1-3 mm in flower, 4-5 mm in fruit. Calyx 12-16 mm in flower, to 30 x 8-9 mm in fruit, lobes coherent at base, lanceolate, chartaceous to membranous when dry. Corolla pale to bright yellow, 15-20 mm, clavate to narrowly infundibular, minutely pubescent. Anthers included, with short sterile truncate tips; filaments much shorter than anthers, inserted below middle of corolla tube. Nutlets 5 x 3.5 mm, broadly ovoid, acute, dorsally and ventrally keeled, smooth to slightly rugose. Fl. 4-7. Quercus scrub, serpentine, limestone slopes and screes, etc., 400-2290 m. Type: 'Orient', Labillardiere (holo. B-Willd. 3370!). Scattered through N., S. & Inner Anatolia. A4 Zonguldak: Karabük to Safranbolu, 450 m, D. 37942! A5 Kastamonu: 24 km E. of Taşköprü, 500 m, Sorger 69-15-1! A6 Sivas: Şerefiye Y. to Koyulhisar, 750 m, Simon 69-54. A7 Sivas: Divriği, Demir Da., T.Baytop (lSTE 12995)! A8 Çoruh: Artvin, 400 m, Stainton 8287! A9 Kars: Karakurt to Başköy, T.Baytop (lSTE 19957)! B5 Nevşehir: N. of Zelve, 1100 m, Sorger 71-59-6! B6 Maraş: d. Göksun, Hobek Da., 1600 m, D. 20222! B7 Elaziğ: Erdepek, Sint. 1889:360! B8 Erzurum: Erzurum to Göle, 1970 m, Birand & Karamanoğlu 1956:558. B9 Bitlis: Nemrut Da., 1830 m, D. 23580! B10 Van: Başkale, Layard 3l8! C4 Konya: Karaman to Ermenek, vii 1845, Heldr.! C5 Niğde: Hasan Da. above Taşpinar, D. 18893! C6 Gaziantep: nr Kilis, 610-760 m, Haradj. 4516! C7 Adiyaman: 16 km from Adiyaman to Samsat, Alava 6989! C8 Mardin: Midiyat to ldil, 900 m, Tosun & Karamanoğlu 1963:1277. C9 Hakkari: Hasitha (Aşutka) to Sattak (Çatak), 1600 m, Nâbelek 671. C10 Hakkari: 23 km from Yeniköprü to Yüksekova, 1800 m, T. Bay top (lSTE 26042)! S.W. Asia from Lebanon to Caucasia and C Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. Related to O. subsericeum and O. trachytrichum. |