Liliaceae

A.oreophilum C.A. Meyer, Verz.Pfl.Cauc.37, f. 1 (1831). Syn: A. platy-stemon Kar. & Kir. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 15:514(1842); A ostrowskianum Regel in Acta Horti Petrop. 7:545 (1881). Ic: Bot. Not. 122: 67, t. 8 (1969); Rech. fil, FL Iranica 76: t. 6 f. 92 (1971);Rix & Phillips, Bulb Book 143(h) (1981). Figure 3. Map 13.
Bulb globose, c. 2 cm diam.; outer tunics papery, grey. Stem 5-10(-20) cm. Leaves 2, linear, 2-8 mm broad, longer than umbel Spathe 0.8-1 cm, shortly acuminate. Umbel fastigiate to spherical, 3-4 cm diam., ± few-flowered, lax. Pedicels 0.7-1.5 cm. Perianth broadly campanulate; segments purple with darker midvein, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 0.8-1.1 cm, obtuse or more often acute. Filaments triangular, İ/3-İ/2 x perianth segments. Capsule c. 4 mm. Fl. 7. Rocky places, scree, c. 3500 m.
Type: [USSR, Caucasus] in petrosis alpinis Tufandagh Caucasi orientalis, 2745 m, C.A. Meyer (holo. LE).
E. Anatolia. A9 Kars: Maltepe, A. Baytop (ISTE 36809)! B9 Van: d. Başkale, lspiriz Da., 3500 m, D. 23758!
Caucasus, N.E. Afghanistan, W. Pakistan (Chitral), Turkestan. Ir.-Tur. element.
Sect. Brevispatha Valsecchi emend. Garbarietal. (Sect. Cupanioscordum Ches-med). Bulb narrowly ovoid or oblong-ovoid. Leaves filiform. Spathe tubular at base, sheathing base of pedicels, l-or2-valved. Umbel few-flowered, narrowly fastigiate or penicillate; bases of pedicels strictly parallel.