Liliaceae

A. kharputense Freyn & Sint. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 42:378 (1892). Ic: Rech. fil-, Fl. Iranica 76: t. 8 f. 108(1971). Figure 9. Map 33.
Bulb ovoid or subglobose, 1.5-2.5(-3) cmdiam. Stem 30-50 cm, sometimes reddish. Leaves 2-3, broadly lanceolate, (7-)20-40 mm broad, undulate, twisted, abruptly apiculate, aculeolate at margin. Spathe 2-3-lobed. Umbel hemispherical, (2.5-}3.5-8.5 cm diam., many-flowered, dense. Pedicels straw-coloured, very slender, 3-4 x flowers. Perianth segments white or cream, linear, 5-6 mm, finally limp and somewhat reflexed. Filaments almost subulate from a triangular-lanceolate base, as long as or 1/3 longer than perianth. Anthers cream. Ovary green, blackish-green, blackish-maroon or blackish. Capsule subglobose, c. 5 mm. Fl. 5. Fallow fields, grassy slopes, cultivated fields and vineyards, on basaltic and heavy red clay soils and limestone rocks, 900-2000 m.
Syntypes: [Turkey B7 Elaziğ] Kharput (Harput): prope Miadun (Miyadin) inter -segetes, 8 v 1889, Sintenis 711 (LD! P! W) et [B7 Erzincan] Eğin (Kemaliye): ad Szanduk (Sandik), 17 v 1890, Sintenis 2435 (LD! W).
Mainly E. & S. Anatolia. A5 Amasya: Amasya, Maniss. 588b! B6Malatya: nr Akçadağ, 1000 m, D.27674! B7 Erzincan: Maden to Ergani, 910 m,Tuzlaci & Saracoğlu (lSTE 42152)! Sivas: Divriği, Demirdağ,T. Baytop (lSTE 13006)! Tunceli: Pülümür, 2000 m, lt. Leyd. 1959:1616! B8 Siirt: Sasun Da., Halkis Da. above Seyhan and Sason, 1250-1850 m, Watson et al. 1261! Muş: 8 km N. of Muş along Murat river, Marais 1551a! B9 Ağri: 32 km from Patnos to Tutak, İ800 m, D. 43482! C6 Gaziantep: Gaziantep, 1160 m, Balls 778! C7 Urfa: W. foot of Karaca Da., 27 km from Siverek to Diyarbakir, 1050 m, D. 28281! C8 Mardin: 13 km from Savur to Midyat, 1100 m, D. 42481!
N.W. Iran, N. Iraq. lr.-Tur. element. Allied to A. orientale. The perianth segments are narrower and become more distinctly reflexed at an earlier stage of flowering in A. kharputense.