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Dianthus orientalis ADAMS |
Dianthus orientalis ADAMS |
Dianthus L. |
| D. orientalis Adams in Weber & Mohr, Beitr. 1: 54 (1805). Syn: D.fimbriatus Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 1:332 (1808); D. canescens Koch in Linnaea 15:710 (1841). Ic: Grossh., Fl. Kavk. 3: t. 32 f. 1 (1945); Fl. Armenii 2: t. 64 (1956). Figure 2, p. 107. Perennial, 15-40 cm, usually with an extensive creeping woody base. Leaves 2-7 cm x 0.5-3 mm, linear, apex long-acuminate to shortly acute. Sterile shoot leaves often absent at flowering. Flowers usually solitary, if stems branched then pedicels at least 2 cm. Bracteoles 4-14, if fewer than 8 then either the outer or the inner longer, or all ± equal, if more than 8, becoming progressively smaller outwards. Inner bracteole apices acute or acuminate to apiculate, aristate or muc-ronate, rarely cuspidate, the points up to 3(-7) mm. Calyx 17-21(-24) x 2.5-3.5 mm; teeth 6-9(-l 1) mm; calyx broadest in the lower part, narrowed, often conspicuously towards the apex. Petal limb pink, fimbriate, barbulate, claw exserted. Fl. 6-9. Cliffs, rocky slopes and screes, 500-3160 m. Type: [Georgia] in Iberiae c. Tiflisium, locis cretaceis, Adams. A7 Giresun: Şebinkarahisar to Giresun, 1400 m, Stn. &Hend. 5808! A8 Çoruh: Artvin to Yusufeli, 1800 m, Stn. & Hend. 6063! A9 Kars: Yağmurlu Da., 1800 m, D. 30741! B6 Maraş: d. Göksun, Binboğa Da., 1500 m, D. 19948! B7 Tunceli: Pülümür to Selepur, 1600 m, D. 29302! B8 Erzurum: Erzurum, Zohrab! B9 Van: Erek Da., 2670 m, D. 22931! C4 Antalya: d. Alanya, Kargi çay, 1000 m, D. 14399! C5 Niğde: Masmeneu Da., Bal. 629! C7 Maraş: Ahir Da., 2000 m, Haradj. 1560! C10 Hakkari: Cilo Da., 2670 m, D. 23939! N.W. Africa, W. Syria, Caucasia, Iran, Turkestan. Very variable. No correlation could be found between the variation pattern in Turkey and distribution, altitude or flowering time. Specimens with 10 or more bracteoles approach D. sinaicus Boiss., and are concentrated (though by no means exclusively) in the Amanus. |