Rosaceae

P. supina L., Sp. PL 497 (1753). Ic: Fl. Iraq 2: t. 20 (1966).
Ascending or procumbent annual or short-lived perennial, 15-30 cm. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 5-11, oblong to obovate, 7-15 x 3-9 mm, incised-dentate, green, sparsely villous or subglabrous. Flowers solitary, axillary. Epicalyx segments lanceolate, acute, as long as or longer than the ovate, acute, 2-4 mm sepals. Petals yellow, obovate, 2-3 mm, shorter than sepals. Achenes minutely rugose; style subterminal, conical, as long as or longer than achene. Fl. 5-9. Dampish waste ground, ditches, 200-2500 m.
Type: [Germany] prope Rhenum infra Moguntiam (Hb. Cliff.!).
Scattered. A1(E) Edirne;: by the river Meriç, W. of Karpuzlu, 1963, Jardine! A4 Zonguldak: S. of Karabük, 250-300 m, D. 39047! A5 Amasya: Çengel Çan, 600 m, 29 v 1890, Bornm. 35 Niğde/Kayseri: Niğde to Kayseri, 1400 m, Balls 1378! B8 Erzurum: nr. Erzurum, 1900 m, D. 29426! B9 Van: Artos Da. above Gevaş, 2000 m, D. 22696! C2 Antalya: Karagöl nr. Yuva, 1000 m, D. 13929! C4 Konya: Konya to Çumra, Küçükköy, 980 m, Helbaek 2469! C5 Içel: Biridglek (?Bürücek), 1350 m, 21 viii 1931, Eig & M. Zohary! C10 Hakkari: Yüksekova, 1950 m, Duncan & Tait 187!
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C, S. & Europe, Iraq, Soviet Armenia, Iran, C. & E. Asia, N. Africa, and introduced in N. America. A very distinctive species with no close relatives.