Brassicaceae

Alyssum artvinense

Alyssum L. Alyssum artvinense BUSCH Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: otsu Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 5 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Habitat: volkanik kayalık yamaç Minimum yükseklik: 700 Maksimum yükseklik: 1200 Endemik: endemik Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: KD. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Türkiye Bulunduğu kareler:A8

A. artvinense Busch in Fl. Cauc. Crit. 3(4): 566 (1909). Iα: Anal. Acad. R.P.R. (Sect. Geol. Geog. Biol.) ser. A, 1(3): t. 4 (1949).   Perennial with erect, slender and tortuous stems. Leaves linear-oblanceolate, acute, 15-25 x 1-2 mm, indumentum silvery. Cauline leaves increasing in size upwards. Petals pale lemon yellow, entire, obovate, 4-5.5 x 2-3(-3.5) mm. Fruits2-3.5 mm long and wide, orbicular, deeply emarginate, indumentum ± sparse, of strongly punctate hairs. Styles 1.5-2 mm. Seeds wingless or narrowly winged. Fl. 5-6. Igneous rocky slopes, 700-1200 m.   Syntypes: [Turkey A8 Çoruh] Artvin, prope Ardanuç, 29 vi 1904, Mikhailouski 9; ibid., 15 v 1907, Woronow 536; nr. Artvin, 2 vi 1907, Woronow 535; Berta su, Berta, v 1907, Woronow 534.   lMainly Lazistan. A8 Çoruh: 20 km S of Artvin, 730 m, Hub.-Mor. 16230! Erzurum: d. Ispir, 8 km NW of Ispir, 1200 m, Hub.-Mor. 16229!   Endemic; allied to A. armenum. Originally placed in Sect. Odontarrhena by Nyârâdy. However, as there are 2 ovules in each loculus (frequently only one developing into a seed) it may be referred to Sect. Alyssum.