| Linaceae |
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Linum triflorum DAVIS .jpg |
Linum L. |
| L. triflorum Davis in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 22: 159, t. 8b (1957). Suffruticose perennial with procumbent base. Flowering stems erect, 6-17 cm, smooth. Leaves with stipular glands, green, those of the sterile rosettes narrowly spathulate, obtuse, mucronate, 15-35 x 3-5(-9) mm; cauline leaves oblong, obtuse, mucronate (or the upper subacute), 1-nerved, the lower usually spathulate and sometimes forming a lax rosette. Cyme densely 1-5 (often 3)-flowered. Sepals 7-9 mm, ovate-oblong, blackish green, not keeled, with a narrow, membranous, glandular-ciliate margin. Petals yellow, 15-20 mm. Capsule large, 8-9 mm; beak 1 mm. Fl. 6-7. Rocky limestone or igneous slopes, 2100-2900 m. Type: Turkey B9 Bitlis, d. Tatvan, N slope of Nemrut Da. above Sogurt, 2350 m, 3 vii 1954, Davis & O. Polunin, D. 23563 (holo. E! iso. K!). B8 Bitlis: Kambos Da. above Hurmuz, 2100 m, D. 23454! B9 Bitlis: d. Kotum, Karz Da. above Kotum, 2200 m, D. 22283! Endemic; Ir.-Tur. element. Collected on several mountains SW of Lake Van. Allied to L. toxicum Boiss., endemic to Mt. Hermon in Syria. |