Liliaceae

T. sintenesii Baker in Gard. Chron. sex. 3,9:330(1891). Ic: Sot. Mag. 117: t. 7193 (1891). Map 48.
Stoloniferous. Tunics subcoriaceous with soft tawny hairs around basal plate and at neck. Stem 10-3 0 cm. Leaves 4(-5), glabrous or upper ones dilate, glaucous, channelled, mostly undulate, ± erect, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 15-27 x 2-6 cm. Flowers orange-red, outside dull or paler, creamy orange or pinkish; blotch black or greenish-black, less thanl/3 length of outer perianth segments, narrow, rim whitish to yellow or absest. Outer perianth segments 40-100 x 16-42 mm, ovate-elliptic to ovate-rhomboid, acute to acuminate; inner 30-85 x 12-30 mm, obovate to obovate-oblong, rounded. Filaments 8-12 mm, black; anthers 10-20 mm, yellow or dark; pollen oiive or yellow. Ovary often glaucous, not narrowed below stigma. Capsule 45-57 mm, ellipsoid. Fl. 4-5(-6). Almost invariably in cultivated lands, 1100-2440 rn.
Type: A specimen (not preserved) cultivated at Kew from material collected at [Turkey B7 Elazığ] Schuscknass (Şuşnaz) near Erzeroum, Sintenis.
Mainly Inner Anatolia. A/B8 Erzurum: Kop Da. pass, 2438 m, Furse & Synge 827! B5 Kayseri: Talas, 1220 m, Balls 244! B8 Erzurum: Aşkale to Tercan, 1830 m, Furse & Synge 41! Muş Buğlan pass, 1650 m, Baron 2122! B9 Ağri: 21 km from Patnos to Tutak, 1750 m, D. 434731 C6 Maraş: Koyun-oluk Da. between Maraş and Göksün, 1100 m, D. 27416! Gaziantep: Kurt Da., Gaziantep to Fevzipaşa, 1370 m, Balls 2171! C9 Siirt: Hakkari to Siirt, Rix 2430! Hakkari: S. slope of Reşko Tepe above Ziri, 2200 m, Trelawny & McPhail 2516! C10 Hakkari: Yüksekova to Bacirge, 2000 m, Rix 1951!
Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element.