Asperula involucrataWahlenb. Akça Belumotu (in Turkish)

Asperula involucrataWahlenb. - Akça Belumotu (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Perennial with branched rootstock. Stems numerous, 15−40(−50) cm, straggling to ascending, ± branched, distinctly quadrangular, often slightly puberulent towards base, glabrous above. Leaves 10−25(−35) × (2−)3−7(−8) mm, oblanceolate-spathulate to narrowly obovate, obtuse, narrowed into a petiole-like base, thin, with 1 main vein, often scabridulous along vein and somewhat revolute margins (mainly towards apex) or entirely glabrous, lowest usually. somewhat puberulent. Inflorescence ± corymbiform, with capitate 10−15-flowered partial inflorescences on c. 1−4 cm peduncles. Pedicels absent or very short. Bracts to 6 mm, oblanceolate to oblong-elliptic, smooth, glabrous. Corolla white to pale pink, (4−)5−7 mm, infundibular, with tube 2−4 × as long as the ovate, spreading lobes, 1.2−2.5 mm. Stamens exserted, with yellow, oblong anthers, 0.7−0.8 mm. Style strongly exserted. Mericarps 1.5−2 mm, ovoid, granulate, glabrous.

 

Flowering time: May−September.

Habitat: Deciduous and mixed forests, clearings, 200−2000 m.

 

Reference:

Ehrendorfer F & Schönbeck-Temesy E (1982). Asperula involucrata Wahlenb., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 7: 759.

Public Description:

Asperula involucrata, commonly known as “akça belumotu in Turkish”, is native to Southeast Balkans and Türkiye. It is a perennial herb with white to pale pink flowers, and grows up to 50 cm in length. It blooms between May and September and is found in deciduous and mixed forests and clearings.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2018). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=8573/,Accessed date: 24.01.2018.

Minareci E (2012) Asperula L., 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. 816–819.