Brassicaceae |
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Erophila DC. |
E. verna (L.) Chevall, Fl. Gen. Env. Paris, 898 (1827). Syn: Draba verna L,, Sp. PL 642 (1753); E. vulgaris DC, Syst. 2: 356 (1821). Stems solitary or numerous, ascending to erect, 2-22 cm. Leaves spathulate to lanceolate to obovate, entire or dentate, with an indumentum of simple or forked hairs, or both. Petals white, deeply emarginate, 2.4(-5) mm. Siliculae flattened, orbicular to narrowly elliptic to linear-elliptic 4-10(-ll) x 2-3 mm, many seeded. Seeds 0.3-0.5 mm. A polymorphic species, which has been much divided into species and infraspecific taxa. Four subspecies are recognisable in Turkey: 1. Siliculae obovate to orbicular, up to 5 mm subsp. spathulata 1. Siliculae oblanceolate, elliptic or linear-elliptic, usually more than 5 mm 2. Simple hairs numerous on the leaves; forked hairs present or absent subsp. praecox 2. Simple hairs absent or very few, most hairs forked 3. Siliculae oblanceolate or elliptic subsp. verna 3. Siliculae linear-elliptic subsp. macrocarpa subsp. spathulata (Lang.) Walters in Feddes Rep. 69: 57 (1964). Syn: E. spathu-lata Lang., in Syll. Soc. Ratisbon 1: 180 (1824); E. boerhauii (Van Hall) Dum., Fl. Belg. 120(1827). Fl. 3-4. Slopes, hollows, etc., up to 1500 m. Type: [Hungary] montibus calcareis Budae, Lang. Scattered W of 34° E. A1(A) Çanakkale: Thymbra, Sint. 1883:4b. A2(E) Istanbul: Zincirli to Şişli, Azn.! B4 Ankara: Ankara, Warburg & Endlicher 67. C3 Antalya: Korkuteli, Kizicali Da., 1500 m, D. 25741! Throughout Europe, Iran, Transcaspia, Turkestan. |