Minuartia hirsuta (Bieb.) Hand.-Mazz subsp. falcata (Griseb.) Mattf. Çengel Tıstıs (in Turkish)

Minuartia hirsuta (Bieb.) Hand.-Mazz subsp. falcata (Griseb.) Mattf. - Çengel Tıstıs (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Tufted perennial, 5−15 cm, glabrous to sparsely hairy below, glandular pubescent above. Leaf-fascicles 1−1.5(−2) cm, often curved, with slightly fleshy to setaceous leaves; stem leaves often recurved, ± falcate. Inflorescence rather lax, 3−12-flowered; bracts 5−7(−9)-veined, with a narrow hyaline margin, less than 0.3 mm wide; pedicels 4−10 mm. Sepals (3.5−)4−5 mm, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, all 5−9-veined. Petals obovate, c. 1.5 × longer than sepals. Capsule as long as or a little longer than calyx. Seeds obscurely tuberculate throughout.

Flowering time: May−July.

Habitat: Stony places, 800−2200 m.

Reference:

McNeill J (1967). Minuartia hirsuta (Bieb.) Hand.-Mazz, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 46.

Public Description:

Minuartia hirsuta subsp. falcata, known as “çengel tıstıs” in Turkish, is distributed in Türkiye, West Greece and Bulgaria. It is a perennial herbaceous plant with white flowers, which can grow to about 15 cm in length. It blooms between May and July and is usually found in stony areas.

References:

Anonymous (2015). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=1244, Accessed date: 30.12.2015.

Koç M (2012). Minuartia Loefl. 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. 343–348.