Brassicaceae |
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Parlatoria cakiloidea BOISS.cf.? |
Parlatoria cakiloidea BOISS.cf.? |
Parlatoria BOISS. |
P. cakiloidea Boiss. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 17: 72 (1842). I?: Schulz, op. at. f. 358, A-M. Figure 13, p. 257. Annual, 30-50 cm, smelling of garlic. Basal leaves ovate-cordate with acute teeth. Cauline leaves petiolate or subsessile, ovate-lanceolate, acute teeth on margin. Inflorescence long. Petals 4-5 x 1.5-2 mm with a broad oblong-obovate blade and narrow claw. Fruiting pedicels as thick as basal part of fruit, 3-7 mm, ± horizontally spreading. Fruit ± spreading when mature, 10-15 x 2-2.5 mm, the beak straight or slightly curved. Seeds 1 or 2, c. 5 mm long. Fl. 4-5. Rocky slopes, c. 1200 m. Described from Assyria, Namkou, Aucher 199. Mesopotamia. C8 Mardin: Mardin castle, 1200 m, D. 28329! Syrian Desert, N. Iraq, W. Iran. Sharing with Sobolewskia, Alliaria and Peltaria angustifolia leaves that, when crushed, smell of garlic. |