Rubiaceae

Asperula setosa

Asperula L. Asperula setosa JAUB. ET SPACH Ömür: Tek yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 5 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 7 Habitat: kurak yamaçlar, çağıllık, tarlalar Minimum yükseklik: 1300 Maksimum yükseklik: 2300 Endemik: - Element: İran-Turan Türkiye dağılımı: G. ve D. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Kafkasya, K. Irak, İran, Afganistan, O. Asya Bulunduğu kareler:B6 B7 C3 C4 C6 C9

A. setosa Jaub. & Spach, 111. PI. Or. 1:152, t. 82B (1844). Syn: A. arvensis L. subsp. setosa (Jaub. & Spach) Thiéb. in Mem. Inst. Egypte 40:187 (1940). Figure 24.   Very similar to A. orientaliş and A. arvensis, but stems low, usually only to 15-20 cm; flowers distinctly shorter than bracts; corolla pale lilac to white, 2-4(-4.5) mm, with tube widened in upper 2/3; lobes 0.5-1 mm;stamens inserted on lower half of limb; filaments 0.2-0.4 mm; anthers oblong-elliptic, 0.5-1 mm; mericarps 1.1-2 mm diam. Fl. 5-7. Dry slopes, scree and fields, 1300-2300 m.   Described from Iran: Kuh-e Alvand.   Very scattered in S. & E. Anatolia. B6 Adana: Saimbeyli, Bozoğlan Da. above Obruk Y., 2100 m, D. 19744! B7 Tunceli: 5 km N. of Pülümür towards Selepur, 1580 m, 26 vi 1951, Simon! Elaziğ: Harput nr Uelbé, Sint. 1889:504! C3 İsparta: Çiçek Da., 1600 m, Sorger 66-50-14! C4 Içel: 25 km E. of Mut, 1350 m, Sorger 71-18-25! C6 Maraş: Ahir Da., 2000-2300 m, Haradj. 1671! Gaziantep: Fevzipaşa, Balls 773. C9 Hakkari: Hašitha (Aşutka), 1500 m, Nâbélek4315.   Caucasia, N. Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, C. Asia. Ir.-Tur. element.   Sect. Thliphthisa (Griseb.) Ehrend. Low semi-shrubs with woody rootstock. Leaves in whorls of 6-8(-ll), obovate or elliptic to linear, 1-veined, obtuse to acuminate. Inflorescence pyramidal to ovoid, leafy or bracteose. Flowers shortly pedicellate to sessile, subtended by short bracts and bracteoles. Corolla 4-merous, infundibular to rotate, purplish, brownish, greenish-yellow or whitish, externally smooth and glabrous or hairy. Ovary ellipsoid, truncate at apex. Style bifid with ellipsoid, clavate or globose stigmas. Mericarps glabrous and ± granulate, rarely hairy.