Onagraceae

E. minutiflorum Hausskn. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 29:55 (1879). Syn: E. tetra-goman Aitch. var. minutiflorum (Hausskn.) Boiss., Fl. Or. Suppl. 240 (1888); E. modestum Hausskn., loc. cit. (1879). Ic: Hausskn., Mon. Epil. t. 4 (1884).
Erect perennial, without a rhizome; stems 10-75 cm, crisped-hairy above, often with some glandular hairs, glabrous below, with 2 raised lines arising from the decurrent leaf bases. Leaves 2-8 x 0.5-2 cm, glabrous though with hairy margins and veins, margins serrate, subsessile with a cuneate base. Inflorescence canescent, hairs crisped, eglandular. Flowers pale pink; petals 3-4.5 mm; stigma entire. Capsule 3.5-6 cm; seeds obovoid, c. 1 mm, with a short pellucid beak. Fl. 6-8. Marshy ground, stream sides, etc., 800-2300 m.
Lectotype: [Turkey C6 Gaziantep] banks of the river. Sadsihur (Sajur Suyi ?), nr. Gaziantep (Aintab), 26 vi 1865, Haussknecht 812 (JE!)-fide Raven, op. cit. 195.
Inner Anatolia. A6 Sivas: 20 km from Suşehri to Zara, 1300 m, Stn. & Hend. 5758! A7 Gümüşane: Taltaban, Sint. 1889:5867! A8 Erzurum: 7 km S.W. of Tortum, 1800 m, Hub.-Mor. 15368! A9 Kars: nr. Kağizman (Grossheim 6: map 280). B3 Konya: Beyşehir, Heldr. 1231. B4 Ankara: Ankara, Birand 128! B5 Kayseri: Erciyas Da., Seisaly, 1902,Zederbauer! B6 Sivas: Sivas, 1300 m, Bornm. 1890:1989. B7 Malatya: Bekikara, between Malatya and Kahta, 1600 m, Hand.-Mazz. 2408a! B9 Bitlis: 5 km from Bitlis to Diyarbakir, c. 1350 m, McNeill498! C5 Niğde: Ereğli, Siehe 1912:468! C6 Gaziantep: Aintab (Gaziantep), Hausskn. C9 Van: Erek Da., 2000 m, D. 22947!
Asia, east to the Himalayas. Ir.-Tur. element.