| Brassicaceae |
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Alyssum murale WALDST. ET KIT. var. alpinum BOISS. EX NYAR. |
Alyssum L. |
| A. murale Waldst. & Kit., PI. Rar. Hung. 1: 5, t. 6 (1799) subsp. murale. Perennial up to 60 cm. Leaves of sterile shoots oblanceolate or obovate. Cauline leaves increasing in size upwards, lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute, often bracteate. Indumentum of stellate hairs with equal or unequal and branched rays, rarely strigose. Pedicels rigid, ascending to patent or horizontal, or slender and subfiexuous, 3-5 mm. Petals obovate, entire or rarely retuse, 2-3.5(-4.5) x (0.5-)l-l.5 mm, glabrous or with sparse indumentum. Fruits orbicular, ovate or broadly elliptic, obtuse or truncate or emarginate, 2.5-5 x 1-4 mm, with a ± dense indumentum; valves compressed, usually undulate, wingless. Styles (0.5-) 1-2 mm, slender, glabrous or with sparse indumentum. Seed wings 0.2-1 mm wide. 1. Fruiting stems arcuate-ascending, (15-)30-60 cm; corymbs usually up to 20 cm; wings of seeds 0.4-1 mm wide 2. Leaves of sterile shoots (2-)5-10 x 1-3 mm, rarely larger var. murale 2. Leaves of sterile shoots 10-15 x 3-5 mm var. haradjianii 1. Fruiting stems dwarf, lax, sprawling, not more than 20 cm; corymbs dense, (2-)5-8 cm; wings of seeds 0.2-0.3 mm wide var. alpinum var. alpinum Boiss. ex Nyár., ibid., 18: 83 (1938). Syn: A. tenuiramea Rupr., Fl. Cauc. 100 (1869). Fl. 7-8. Montane, 2000-3000 m. Type: [Turkey C5 Içel] regione alpine du Taurus, audessus de Boulgarmaden (near Külek), 27 viii 1855, Balansa 429 (holo. JE! iso. BM! E! G! GH! K! P! W!) Cilician Taurus & N.E. Anatolia. A8 Erzurum: Kop Da., 2350-2900 m, Furse 3811! Rize: Hemşin, Ortaköy to Çat, 2000 m, D. 21184! Caucasus. |