| Caryophyllaceae |
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Dianthus libanotis LAB. |
Dianthus L. |
| D. libanotis Lab., Ic. Syr. Rar. 1: 14 (1791). Syn: D. atomarius Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(8): 71 (1849). Ic: Grossh., Fl. Kavk. 3: t. 31, f. 4 (1945); Bull. Alp. Gard. Soc. 33(4): 299, t. (1965). Figure 2, p. 107. Very robust perennial, spinose, 40-60 cm. Leaves 20-70 x 4-8 mm, lanceolate, widest in the upper half, thick, very stiff, usually recurved, narrowed from about the middle to a long acute spiny apex. Inflorescence freely branched, flowers often in groups of 2-4, pedicels robust, 5-10 mm, Bracteoles (4-)6-8, rarely the outer pair subtending more than 1 flower,½ calyx length, lanceolate, pale, with a spiny, green, patent apex. Calyx 36-39 x 4.5-5 mm, cylindrical, puberulent, teeth 10-11 mm, lanceolate, mucronate, with a narrow scarious border. Petal limb 11-13 mm, white or white with reddish spots at the base, finely fimbriate to more than½, densely barbulate. Fl. 6-8. Rocky slopes and steppe hills, c. 2300 m. Type: in altis montibus Libani, Labillardiere. B9 Bitlis: Bitlis, Post 1906: 290! Van: 5 km N of Şatak, D. 22984! C9 Hakkari: Koçanis, 2340 m, D. 24332! W. Syria, Syrian Desert, Soviet Armenia, Iran, Sinai. Ir.-Tur. element. |