Liliaceae

A. armenum Boiss. & Kotschy in Boiss., FL Or. 5:254(1882). Figure 5. Map 19.
Bulb ovoid, 0.8-1 cm diam.; outer tunics greyish or black, membranous. Stem slender, (6-)8-21 cm, flexuous. Leaves l-3(-4),semiterete, filiform, 1 mm broad, striate, almost as long as stem or longer. Valves of spathe 0.8-2(-2.5) cm, lanceolate, mostly purplish, shorter than or at most as long as umbel. Umbel subglobose, 1.2-3(-4) cm diam., few-flowered, lax. Pedicels 0.7-1 cm, subequal, filiform, purple. Perianth globose-campanulate; segments purple, mauve, mauvish-pink, lilac-pink or deep lilac, shortly elliptic, 3-4 mm, obtuse. Filaments subulate, slightly exserted. Anthers usually purple. Capsule globose-depressed, 3 mm. Fl. (5-)6-8. Alpine habitats, nr melting snow, open meadows, dry non-lime scree slopes and rocks, ledges, sunny limestone rocks, Quercus scrub, 900-2440 m.
Syntypes: [Turkey B8 Bingöl] in alpinis Armeniae Turcicae mans Bingol-dagh (Bingöl Da.), 2438 m, [locis nive derelictis, 23 viii 1859], KotschySuppl. 560 (G! L!); [B8 Erzurum] Techdagh (Palandöken Da.), Calvert (G!).
E. Anatolia. A7 Gümüşane: Gümüsane, 1370 m, Balls 1714! Trabzon: Stavri, 1280 m, Balls 5081! A8 Erzurum:7kra above Tortum, 1900m,Ehrend. & Fischer 787-119-3! B7 Erzincan: Egin (Kemaliye), Sint. 1890:2978 (asA. stamineum Boiss. f. brachyantha Hausskn,)! B8 Bingöl: S. slope of Bingöl Da., 1700-1800 m, Engin 936! Erzurum: Palandöken Da., 20-23 km from Çat to Erzurum, 2300-2350 m, D. 47334! C9 Siirt: Herakol Da. to Mila Mergi Y., 1900 m, Frödin 1936:236.
Endemic. lr.-Tur. element. Related to A. olympicurn, differing by its narrow, semi-terete leaves, short spathe and smaller flowers.