| Caryophyllaceae |
|---|
Acanthophyllum mucronatum C. A. MEYER |
Acanthophyllum mucronatum C. A. MEYER |
Acanthophyllum mucronatum C. A. MEYER |
| A. mucronatum C. A. Meyer, Verz. Pfl. Cauc. 210 (1831). Shrub, 15-40 cm, papillose to glabrescent, stems numerous, erect. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, triquetrous or flat, fasciculate, 5-17 x 0.5-2 mm, ending in a short spine. Internodes (10-) 15-25 mm, longer than leaves. Clusters of flowers terminal and axillary. Bracts leaf-like, linear-lanceolate, often folded and ± re-flexed, papillose to glabrescent, 4-6 mm, shorter than the flowers; flower-heads together with bracts 8-13 mm in diam. Calyx tubular-turbinate, 4-5 mm, papillose to finely pubescent, 5-costate, teeth short, ovate, prickly, 1-1.5 mm, ± reflexed, connate at base, margin membranous, introflexed. Petals white, oblanceolate to obcordate, retuse, 5-7 mm. Capsule obovate to globose. Seeds smooth. Fl. 7-8. Mountain steppe, stony hill-sides, 1800-1900 m. Type: [Transcaucasia] ditionis Talysch prope Svant, 1842, C. A. Meyer 1826 (holo. LE, iso. G!). B9 Van: Van to Hoşap, 13 km E of Hasbaşi, 1870 m, Hub .-Mor: 11536! 10 km Nof Hoşap, D. 24532! Transcaucasia, N. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. Well characterized by the reflexed calyx teeth with introflexed margins. Forming, together with A. microcephalum and A. verticillatum, a distinct group of closely allied species, growing in mountain steppe along the Turkish frontiers to Soviet Armenia, Iran and Iraq. |