Liliaceae

A. stearnianum Koyuncu, N. Özhatay & Kollmann in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 41:266, f. 12B(1983).
Bulb ovoid or globose, l-1.5(-2.5) cm diam.; outer tunics brownish-grey or brownish, membranous, splitting above. Stem 20-35(-40) cm, straight or flex-uous below, often purplish at base or above. Leaves 1-3, 2-3(-4) mm broad, hollow, flattened or canaliculate, smooth or scabridulous at margin; lowest leaf often circinnate; sheaths ± ribbed. Spathe 1-valved with short beak, soon caducous. Umbel globose, 1-2.5 cm diam., many-flowered, dense. Pedicels unequal, as long as or to 3 x perianth, bracteolate. Perianth campanulate or ovoid-camp anulate; segments with green or purple midvein, 2.5-4 mm, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, purple and verrucose-scabrid in upper part, mainly along keel and margins. Filaments white or purplish, 1.5 x perianth; outer ones simple, subulate, inner tricuspidate; median cusp of inner filaments shorter than lateral cusps. Anthers purple. Ovary smooth or papillose. Capsule ovoid, 2-3 mm.
1. Stem flexuous; leaves smooth; perianth segments 2.5-3 mm;ovary smooth (C. Anatolia) subsp. stearnianum
1. Stem ± straight; leaves scabridulous at margin; perianth segments 3-4 mm;ovary densely papillose (E. Anatolia) subsp. vanense
subsp. vanense Kollmann & Koyuncu in Notes RJ3.G. Edinb. 41:267, f. 13 (1983). Figure 6. Map 24. Fl. 7(-8). Dry stony slopes, 2500-3000 m.
Type: Turkey B9 Van: Gürpinar to Başkale, Çuh pass, 2750 m, T. Baytop lSTE 45342 (holo. lSTE!).
E.Anatolia. B9Van: Hos,ap to Başkale, Güzeldere, 2500 m, Koyuncu (AEF 2091)! Güzeldere pass, 24 km S.of Güzelsu, 2790 m, Mertens & Pasche 81/73! C9 Hakkari: Barcelan plateau, 3000 m, Koyuncu (AEF 2116)!
Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element.