| Caryophyllaceae |
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Gypsophila ruscifolia BOISS. |
Gypsophila L. |
| G. ruscifolia Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(1): 12 (1843). Syn: G. diaphylla Azn. in Mag. Bot. Lap. 16: 10 (1918). Ic: Bark., op. cit., t. 10 f. 25-32. Map 6. p. 161. Glabrous perennial with woody stock; stems numerous, woody at the base, often glandular-hairy above the nodes, 20-100 cm. Leaves coriaceous, with prominent nerve-net, sessile, basal leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, stem leaves cordate-amplexicaul, often perfoliate, up to2 .5 cm long and wide. Inflorescence a many-flowered lax panicle. Bracts linear, acute. Pedicels 3-20 mm. Calyx cam-panulate, 2-2.5 mm, teeth ovate, obtuse to apiculate, ciliate along the margins. Petals white to pale pink, 3-5 mm, linear-oblong, obtuse. Seeds with flat tubercles. Fl. 6-7. Dry hills and slopes, 300-1800 m. Type: Persia, Aucher 550 (holo. G!). B7 Tunceli: S of Ovacık, 1750 m, D. 31530! Elaziğ: Gölçük to Maden, 1030-1090 m, Hub.-Mor. 11131! B8 Erzurum: Erzurum, Saposhnikou & Schischkin. Muş: Muş, Kotschy 316! B9 Bitlis: Kotum, 1900 m, D. 22411! Van: Van Kale, Tchitouny 199 (type of G. diaphylla)! C6 Gaziantep: M. Dülük Baba, 900-1200 m, Haradj. 1381! C8 Diyarbakir: Elaziğ to Diyarbakir, 25 km from Maden, 1100 m, McNeil483! Mardin: Mardin, Sint. 1888: 1110! Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon, Syrian Desert, N. Iraq, N.W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. |