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Cleome ornithopodioides L. |
 Cleome ornithopodioides L |
Cleome L. |
| C. ornithopodioides L., Sp. PL 672 (1753). Syn: C. iberica DC, Prodr. 1: 240 (1824); C. steveniana Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 7: 40 (1829); C. aurea Cela- kowsky in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 24: 113 (1884). Erect slender herb, divaricately branched, up to 50 cm. Leaflets linear, nar- rowly elliptic or elliptic, up to 3 cm. Inflorescence a raceme, the axis glandular- pubescent, with 7-30 flowers. Petals white, creamy or pinkish, often with pink markings. Capsules linear, torulose, stipitate or sessile, dehiscing along the placentas. Seeds 4-18. Fl. 6-8. Open places and woodland, waste ground, 300- 1750 m. Described from Pera (Istanbul) (Hb. Linn. 850/18 photo.!). Scattered. A2(E) Istanbul: Beşiktaş, 24 vii 1902, Azn.! A4 Zonguldak: Kafrrabük to Safranbolu, 450 m, D. 37947! A8 Erzurum: Yusufeli to Tortum G., 1100 m, Stn. & Hend. 6095! A9 Çoruh: Ardanuç to Kordevan Da., 1100 m, D. 30083! B7 Erzincan: Selepur, 1500 m, D. 31610! B8 Erzincan: W of Tercan, 1500 m, D. 30941! B9 Van: Van, 1760 m, D. 22972! C2 Muğla: Dalaman to Göcek, D. 13576! C3 Isparta: Dedegöl Da., 900-1100 m, D. 15862! C5 Seyhan: Feke to Belanköy, 600 m, D. 19535! C7 Malatya: Malatya to Elaziğ, at Euphrates, D. 24807! C8 Diyarbakir: Diyarbakır to Bitlis, 750 m, McNeill 514! C10 Hakkari: Zab gorge S of Başkale, D. 23849! Balkans, Caucasia, Iran, Cyprus; Lebanon? A very variable species whose variation has been discussed by us in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 26: 197 (1965), where reference is given to other treatments. We have not been able to recognise any taxa within C. ornithopodioides; the two varieties recognised by Boissier - vars. sessilis & stipitata - are only 2 of a very large number of 1-character variants which could be described. |