| Caryophyllaceae |
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Arenaria blepharophylla BOISS. var. blepharophylla BOISS. |
Arenaria blepharophylla BOISS. var. blepharophylla BOISS. |
Arenaria L. |
| A. blepharophylla Boiss., Fl. Or. 1: 693 (1867). Erect, tufted perennial, 10-30 cm, glabrous to puberulent below. Rosette leaves 6-15 cm, linear-setaceous; stem leaves 2-6 cm, becoming shorter upwards, linear. Inflorescence a rather lax cymose panicle of three to seven 3(-5)-flowered cymules; peduncles glandular-pubescent; pedicels 2-10 mm. Sepals 2-3•5 mm, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse, with a (l-)3-veined, green or sometimes dark-tipped median portion and a broad scarious to coriaceous margin. Petals oblanceolate to obovate, 11/2-2 x longer than sepals. Staminal glands 10, finger-like, prominent. Capsule ovoid, exceeding calyx. 1. Sepals 2-2•5 mm, broadly ovate, 1•25 x longer than broad; leaf margins usually long-ciliate, occasionally glabrous (cilia of stem leaves 0•3-0•6 mm); petals c. 1 1/2 x longer than sepals var. blepharophylla 1. Sepals 2•5-3•5 mm, ovate to oblong ovate, 11/2-2 x longer than broad; leaf margins glabrous or very shortly ciliate (cilia of stem leaves less than 0•2 mm); petals almost 2 x longer than sepals var. parviflora var. blepharophylla. Fl. 5-8. Rocky slopes, 1800-2800 m. Lectotype: [Turkey B8] prov. Musch, in monte Bimgoell versus vallem Merga Sadk, 1820 m, 23 viii 1859, Kotschy 529 (G! JE! P! - cf. McNeill in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 24: 292, 1963). B9 Van: d. Başkale, Hoşap to Başkale, Çuhgediği pass, 2800 m, Hub.-Mor. 11085! N.W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. |