Dorycnium graecum(L.) Ser. Ak Kaplanotu (in Turkish)

Dorycnium graecum(L.) Ser. - Ak Kaplanotu (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Perennial herb or small sub-shrub. Stems 25−80(−90) cm, crisped-hirsute. Leaves with a short rachis, 1−3(−5) mm; leaflets 10−30(−40) × 3−15 mm, obovate-oblong to oblanceolate, adpressed sparingly pubescent, glabrescent above; internodes 1.5−10 cm. Inflorescence 10−30(−40)-flowered, peduncles 1.5−7 cm. Flowers 5−8 mm, white; pedicels equalling calyx-tube or somewhat shorter, 1−2 mm; calyx 3−4.5 mm, villous, calyx teeth lanceolate-subulate, about equalling tube or somewhat longer. Legume 4−10 × 1.5−3 mm, oblong-cylindrical to slightly conical, beak 1−2 mm, valves not contorting at maturity. Seeds 1−4.

 

Flowering time: April-August.

Habitat: Roadsides, open slopes, macchie, coniferous and deciduous forest, s.l.-2000 m.

 

Reference:

Demiriz H (1970). Dorycnium graecum (L.) Ser., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 3: 514.

Public Description:

Dorycnium graecum, known as “ak kaplanotu” in Turkish, is distributed in Greece, Türkiye and the Aegean islands. It is a perennial herb or sub-shrub with white flowers, and grows up to 80 cm in length. It blooms between April and August and is found in roadsides, open slopes, macchie, coniferous and deciduous forest.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https:/es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorycnium_graecum/, Accessed date: 09.02.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http:/www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=3369/, Accessed date: 09.02.2016.

Vural M (2012). Dorycnium Mill., 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. 460.