Brassicaceae |
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Aethionema carneum (BANKS ET SOL.) FEDTSCH. |
Aethionema carneum (BANKS ET SOL.) FEDTSCH. |
Aethionema carneum (BANKS ET SOL.) FEDTSCH |
Aethionema R. BR. |
Ae. carneum (Banks & Sol.) Fedtsch. in Flora Zap. Tian-Shan, no. 176 (1905). Syn: Thlaspi carneum Banks & Sol. in Russell, Aleppo 257 (1794); Ae. cristatum DC, Syst. 2: 560 (1821). Ic.: Russell, op. cit. t. 2; Fl. URSS 8: t. 31, f. 2 (1939). Annual herb usually 8-12 cm, much branched. Basal leaves oblong or ovate, shortly petiolate. Cauline leaves oblong or ovate, amplexicaul, cordate, acute at apex. Petals 2.5-3 x 1 mm, pale pink. Filaments of long stamens loosely adnate, not toothed; anthers apiculate. Inflorescence elongating slightly in fruit, hetero-carpic. Large fruits 7-8.5 x 6-8 mm on erect pedicels; septum 4-5 x 2 mm; wings c. 2 mm dentate-lacerate; sinus 2-3 mm, style c. 1 mm. Seeds 4-6, papillose,mucilaginous. Small fruits star-shaped, unilocular one seeded. Radicle obliquely incumbent or obliquely accumbent. Fl. 3-5. Fields, waste places and limestone slopes, c. 1000 m. Type: [Syria] Aleppo, Russell. Upper Euphrates, Mesopotamia. B6 Malatya: nr. Akçadağ, 1000 m, D. 27673i C6 Gaziantep: 1000 m, Haradj. 853! Urfa: Birecik. Sint. 1888: 167! C8 Mardin: Mardin, 1100 m, D. 28396! S.W. Asia and Turkestan. Ir.-Tur. element. |