PETRORHAGIA Link - CHILDING-PINK
Scientific Description:
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves narrow. Inflorescence a panicle or capitate. Bracts present or absent, sometimes enclosing the calyx. Calyx ribbed, the ribs (costae) 1−7-veined, with hyaline intervals between the nerves. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule dehiscing by 4 teeth. Seeds dorsiventrally compressed, with facial hilum.
Reference:
Coode MJE & Cullen J (1967). Petrorhagia (Ser.) Link, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 131.
Public Description:
Petrorhagia is a genus of annual or perennial herbs commonly known as "childing-pink" which is mainly native to Mediterranean region, but some species can be found nearly worldwide. There are 19 species in the world and 11 species (12 taxa) in Türkiye. Their flowers are white or pink in colour.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2015). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrorhagia, Accessed date: 30.12.2015.
Anonymous 2 (2015). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/genus/petrorhagia/, Accessed date: 30.12.2015.
Anonymous 3 (2015). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Caryophyllaceae/Petrorhagia/, Accessed date: 30.12.2015.
Aktaş K (2012). Petrorhagia Link, In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 351–352.
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