Crassulaceae |
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Rosularia (DC.) STAPF |
R. radiciflora Boriss. in Fl. URSS 9:120 (1939). Rosettes 1-10 cm, with a distinct resting phase; caudex present; scapes 6-22 cm, lateral, flowering rosettes persistent. Leaves glabrous or glandular-pubescent with a cartilaginous-erose margin; those of the resting rosettes ovate-oblong, 10-20 mm, the outer often chartaceous, 'waisted' above, with an expanded tip, erecto-patent; those of the fertile rosettes narrowly spathulate, green or glaucous, often elongating considerably (up to 100 mm) as the inflorescence develops, spreading. Inflorescence 6-50-flowered, a raceme, cymose panicle or dichasial cyme, densely glandular-pubescent almost to the base of the scape or totally glabrous. Flower white to deep pink; pedicels 1-5 mm, those of the lowest flowers in the inflorescence or cyme the longest; calyx 4-6 mm; corolla campanu-late, 7-11 mm; anthers dark; scales quadrate, erect. Follicles lanceolate, 5-7 mm, shortly glandular to glabrous; styles 08-2.5 mm; seeds narrowly elliptic and attenuate, striate. Fl. 6-9. Shady limestone and igneous rocks, 900-3000 m. 1. Inflorescence and leaves glabrous subsp. glabra 1. Inflorescence and leaves glandular-pubescent 2. Flowers 6.5-8 mm, pink or white flushed with pink; scapes 6-10 cm; leaves up to 2 cm subsp. radiciflora 2. Flowers 8.5-11 mm, white; scapes (10-)15-25 cm; leaves up to 10 cm subsp. kurdica subsp. kurdica (Bornm.) Chamb. & Muirhead. comb, et stat. nov. Syn: Cotyledon libanotica Lab. var. kurdica Bornm. in Beih. Bot. Ccntr. 58B:272 (1938). Type: [N. Iraq] Kuh-i-Sefin beIm Dorfe Schaklawa, 1050 m, 20 vi 1893, Borrunüller 1217 (iso. K!). E. Anatolia. B9 Ağri: 5-10 km from Hamur to Tutak, 1650 m, D. 44109! Van: 8 km from Van to Erçek, 2100 m, D. 44406a! C9 Mardin: Hessana, S. foot of Cudi Da., 900 m, D. 42775! Hakkari: Çukurca, 1300 m, 22 v 1966, Eiseltl Elkiyayla Da., above Marunis to Beytişebap pass, 2550 m, D. 45347b! N. Iraq. Ir.-Tur. element. The gathering from Van cited above (D. 44406) is part of a population also containing subsp. radiciflora; some intergradation appears to be occurring in this population. |