Brassicaceae |
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Malcolmia africana |
Malcolmia africana |
Malcolmia R. BR. |
M. africana (L.) R. Br. in Aiton, Hort. Kew, ed. 2, 4: 121 (1812). Syn: Hes-peris africana L., Sp. PI. 663 (1753). I?: Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 2: t. 57 (1837-38). Figure 13, p. 257. Annual herb. Stems erect, leafy, pilose with stalked bifid to multifid hairs, up to 30 cm. Lower leaves petiolate, the upper sessile, all repand-dentate to serrate, sparsely pilose with hairs similar to those on the stem. Sepals not saccate, 2.5-5 mm, often persistent in fruit. Petals pale lilac. Siliquae straight, spreading, sub-sessile, spreading-pilose with mainly stalked, furcate hairs. Fl. 3-6. Roadsides, waste places, s.1.-2800 m. Described from Africa (Hb. Linn. 841/5!). Scattered. A2 Kocaeli: Pendik, Azn. A4 Çankiri: Çankiri, Kotte 184! A3 Ankara: nr. Beypazari, 650 m, Kühne 418. A8 Erzurum: Oltu district, König. A9 Kars: Kağizman, Mikhailovski 8. Bl Izmir: Izmir,Petry. B3 Konya: Akşehir, Bornm. 4074. B9 Van: Hoşap to Başkale, Çuh Gediği, 2800 m, Hub.-Mor. 10966. C2 Burdur: Burdur, 1845, Heldr.! C4 Konya: Konya, Post!. C5 Konya: Ereğli to Ulukişla, 1200 m, It. Leyd. 1959: 997! C6 Malatya: nr. Akçadağ, 1000 m, D. 21612! S. Europe, N.W. Africa, S.W. Asia, east to Chitral, often as a weed. |