Liliaceae

A. affine Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4:166 (1852). Syn: A. margantaceum Sm. var. affine (Ledeb.) Regel, All. Monogr. 50 (1875)! A. margantaceum Sm. var. scabrum Regel, op. cit. 51 (1875)! A. mishtschenkoanum Grossh. in Grossh. & Schischkin, PL Or. Exs. no. 4 (1924)! Ic: Mouterde, Nouv. Fl. lib. Syr. 1, Atlas t. 84 f. 1 (1966); Rech. fil., Fl. Iranica76: t. 5 f. 70(1971). Figure 7. Map 28.
Bulb 1-2.5 cm diam., ovoid; outer tunics grey, papyraceous. Stem (20-) 30-80 cm. Leaves 3-5, fistulose, 2-4 mm broad, semicylindricaL canaliculate. Spathe 1-valved, soon caducous, with beak 3-8 x base of spathe. Umbel 2-3 cm diam., spherical, many-flowered, dense. Pedicels very unequal, slender, thickened beneath, outer with long capillary bracteoles at base. Perianth narrowly campanulate; segments whitish with a strong green midvein, c. 4 mm,smooth, obtuse, outer carinate, oblong, inner oblong-linear, somewhat narrower and longer than outer. Filaments 1.25-1.3 x segments, ciliate at base, inner broader than perianth segments; median cusp 1/2 x lateral cusps and scarcely shorter than basal lamina. Capsule broadly elliptic or obovoid, c. 5 mm. Fl. 6-8. Pinus, Quercus libani & Q. ithaburensis forests, steppe, dry slopes, 500-2000 m.
Syntypes: [Caucasus] in provinciiscaucasicis: Iberia, Wilhelms [Hb. Ledeb. 991.10] (LE!); pr. Tiflis, C. Koch (B, destroyed); Somchetia, Hohenacker (LE).
S. &E. Anatolia. B8Erzurum:'Karajaz-djuz',2160m,24viiil916,Sapozh-nikov & Schischkin. C4 lçel: 6 km S. of Uzuncaburç, 500 m, Sorger 71-25-25! C5 lçel: Mersin to Arslanköy, 5 km to Yenîköy, 750 m, Alpinar(ISTE 35842)! Adana: 3-4 km N. of Pozanti, Aberdeen Univ. Amanus Exped. Nl 801! C6 Adana: d. Osmaniye, Nur Da., 800-1000 m, Koyuncu et al. (AEF 2151)! Maraş: d. Göksun, Döngel Köyü, 1200 m.Yildiz 1394! Hatay: Belen, below Soğukoluk, Marais 1533 (cult. K)! C10 Hakkari: Yüksekova to Başkale, 5.8 km N. of Hakkari/Yüksekova crossroads, 1700 m, Bothmer 1969 & Buttler!
Lebanon, Syria, Transcaucasia (excl. Georgia), Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.