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Alyssum harputicum DUDLEY |
 Alyssum harputicum DUDLEY |
Alyssum L. |
| A. harputicum Dudley in J. Arn. Arb. 45(1): 76, t. 4, f. İ-İ2 (1964). Syn: A. aizoides sensu Baumg. in Beil. Jahresb. Nied.-Öst. Land.-Lehrers. Wien.-Neust. 36: 24 (1909) & Bornm. in Feddes Rep. Beih. 89(1): 54 (1936)! Suffruticose perennial with erect or ascending, slender, fertile stems up to 11 cm. Indumentum monomorphic of dense, silvery-canescent, lepidote hairs 0.2-0.3 mm in diameter. Cauline leaves increasing in size upwards, very narrowly linear-oblanceolate, c. 10 x 0.5-1.5 mm. Corymbs simple or rarely branched, con-gested. Sepals acute, 2.5-4.5 mm, not inflated at maturity. Petals obovate or spathulate, usually entire, c. 5.5 x 2 mm, claws sparsely hairy with entire mar-gins. Ovaries orbicular, emarginate, with dense lepidote indumentum. Styles 2.5-3 mm, dilated at the base, hairy in the lower part. Fl. 5. Steppe. Type: [Turkey B7 Elaziğ] Kharput in summo monte Kisil Depe, 10 v 1889, Sintenis 323 (holo. G! iso. K! W!). Endemic; Ir.-Tur. element. Allied to A. lycaonicum, and known only from the type gathering. |