Liliaceae

A. szovitsii Regel, All. Monogr. 171 (1875). Syn: A. striatum Schradervar. anodon Boiss., Fl. Or. 5:247 (1882)! Figure 3. Map 12.
Bulb cylindrical-obiong, 3.5-13 x 1-1.5 cm; outer tunics brown, densely fibrous-reticulate. Stem 15-40 cm. Leaves 2-5, linear, 2-4 mm broad, obtuse. Spathe 2-valved; valves whitish-scarious, ovate, acute. Umbel hemispherical or spherical, 1.5-2.5 cm diam., dense. Pedicels 3-7 mm. Perianth campanulate; segments lilac-pink to mauve or violet, rarely white, with dark purple midvein, oblong-elliptic or broadly elliptic, 5-6 mm, obtuse or subacute. Filaments 1.5-c. 2 x perianth segments; inner twice as broad as outer, with or without 2 teeth at base. Anthers lilac or violet. Style c. 5 mm, strongly exserted. Capsule ovoid, 6-7 mm, c. as long as perianth. FL 7-9. Alpine meadows, igneous rocks on bushy slopes and in gullies, limestone outcrops, 2000-3215 m.
Type: [N.W. Iran] in provincia Caucasi Karabagh in cacumiae mentis Kins [sic, recte Kias], Szovits 608 (nolo. LE, iso. Kî).
Mainly E. & N.E. Anatolia. A6 Sivas: Yildiz Da., 2500 m, Sorger 76-8-6! A7 Gümüşane:Karagoelldagh(KaragöI Da.), Sint. 1894:7346a (with A. schoen-oprasum)! A8 Rize: above Djimil (Cimil), 1866,Bal. (syntype of A. strictum var. anodon)] Cermanin Tepeabo ve Cimil, 3100m,D. 21072!* Çoruh; Şawal Tepe above Murgul, 2600 m, D. 32308!* B7 Sivas: Kara Kaya Da., 3215 m, Balls574! Erzincan .Sipikör Da., nr Orumserai,Sint. 1890:3552! B8Erzurum: Palandöken Da., S. of Erzurum, 2270-2350 m, Buttler 16114! B9 Van: d. Başkale, lspiriz Da., 2800 m, D. 23654!
Caucasia, N. Iraq, N.W. Iran. Euxine (mt.) element. Specimens collected by Calvert in Turkish Armenia near Erzurum were cited by Boissier (Fl. Or. 5:249, 1882) as A. fallax Schultes & Schultes fil. The name A.fallax is illegitimate according to Steam (Ann. Mus. Goulandris 14:124,1978), the correct name being.A. senescens L. subsp. montanum (Fries) Holub. A. senescens has membranous outer bulb tunics and is a plant of C. & S. Europe. Examination of specimens collected by Calvert & Zohrab in Armenia (E! OXF!) identified as A. lineare L. revealed that their bulb tunics are reticulate-fibrous and they are in fact A. szovitsii. Other sheets collected by Calvert near Erzurum {nos. 565, 742 — G!) and named A.fallax by Don lack outer bulb tunics but in their leaves and umbel they do not differ from A. szovitsii.
Two specimens from Rize and Çoruh, marked with an asterisk in the citations above, have shorter stamens.