| Caryophyllaceae |
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Gypsophila pallida STAPF |
Gypsophila L. |
| G. pallida Stapf in Denk. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. 51: 281 (1886). Syn: G. haussknechtii Boiss., Fl. Or. Suppl. 86 (1888). Map 7, p. 161. Perennial with woody stock and numerous ascending-erect stems, glabrous below, branches of inflorescence glandular-hairy above the nodes; stems 30-60 cm. Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute, 15-30 x 3-8 mm with 1-3 prominent veins. Inflorescence a very many flowered, rather dense panicle. Bracts scarious, lanceolate-acuminate. Pedicels 2-15 mm. Calyx 2-3.5 mm, campanulate, white with green or reddish midrib, glabrous with numerous minute calcium oxalate druses, with broad ovate, obtuse, apiculate and often imbricate teeth. Petals 3-5 mm, white to pale pink, linear, obtuse to retuse, claw broader than limb. Seeds with obtuse tubercles. Fl. 6-8. Steppe, dry rocky slopes, 850-2000 m. Type: S.W. Persien, Felsensteppe westlich von Schiraz, 16 vi 1885, Stapf (holo. W!). B6 Maraş: d. Elbistan, Nuruhak Da., 1500 m, D. 20453! Malatya: Darende to Kavak Aghatch (Akçadağ), Post 1906: 4, 47! B7 Malatya: 12 km E of Malatya, 850 m, Hub.-Mor. 9281! Elaziğ: Elaziğ to Pertek, 12 miles from Elaziğ, 1000 m, D. 29167! B9 Van: Edremit to Gevaş, 2000 m, D. 22658! C9 Hakkari: Zab gorge 30 miles S of Başkale, D. 23812! W. Iran, N. Iraq, Syrian Desert. Ir.-Tur. element. |