Asyneuma limonifolium(L.) Janch. subsp. limonifolium Tavşanekmeği (in Turkish)

Asyneuma limonifolium(L.) Janch. subsp. limonifolium - Tavşanekmeği (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Perennial, erect or ascending, stems simple or branched above, 10−100 cm, papillose or with short hairs, rarely glabrous. Stem usually simple; flowers in clusters of 2−4 (solitary in alpine and dwarf forms), sessile, rarely on 1 mm pedicels; corolla lobes 8−9 × 1.5 mm; seeds 1.3 × 0.8 mm. Leaves in a dense rosette. Rosette leaves and the few cauline leaves very variable, usually oblong to linear-lanceolate, rarely ovate, 3−6 × (0.3−)0.8−1.5 cm, undulate, ± obtuse at apex, narrowed into 2−6(−9) cm petiole. Inflorescence almost lax to dense, spicate-paniculate; flowers single or in clusters of 2−4. Pedicels 0−2 mm. Calyx lobes lanceolate, erect. Corolla lobes glabrous or papillose. Stigmas 3. Capsule very variable in size and form, ± ovoid, rarely subglobose, (2−)5−6(−7) × 3−3.5 mm, weakly ribbed, opening by 3 ± apical pores. Seeds ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, light brown, shiny.

Flowering time: May−July.

Habitat: Open forests, pastures, rocky slopes, rocks, steppe, dunes, s.l.−2400 m.

Reference:

Damboldt J (1978). Asyneuma limonifolium (L.) Janch., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 6: 71.

Public Description:

Asyneuma limonifolium subsp. limonifolium, commonly known as “tavşanekmeği” in Turkish, is native to Türkiye, Southern Italy, the Balkans and the Aegean. It is a perennial plant with lilac-purple flowers, and grows up to 100 cm in length. It blooms between May and July and is found in open forests, pastures, rocks, rocky slopes, steppe, and dunes.

References:

Anonymous (2015). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=6144, Accessed date: 29.12.2015.

Yıldırımlı Ş (2012). Asyneuma Griseb. & Schenk, 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. 300−303.