Scandix iberica M.Bieb. Atkişnekotu (in Turkish)

Scandix iberica M.Bieb. - Atkişnekotu (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Much branched ± glabrous, softly pilose, hispid or sparsely asperous plant, 10−20(−35) cm. Leaves ovate-triangular, 2−3-pinnate or pinnatisect, 3−8 × 2−5 cm, ultimate lobes linear-lanceolate to filiform, 3−10 × up to 1 mm. Rays (3−)4−9, equal or not, 1.5−7 cm, occasionally one bearing a secondary umbel. Bracteoles 4−5, narrow-oblong to oblong, entire or coarsely 2(−3)-fid from apex, ± reflexed, ciliate, usually with membranous margins and centre, 2−5 × 1−2 mm. Pedicels 10-many, several usually sterile, c. 4−5 mm, ± equal. Outer petals clearly radiant, 2−10 mm. Fruit glabrous to densely strigose, 2.5−5.5 cm × 1.5−2 mm; beak always ciliate, dorsally compressed, longer than fertile portion.

 

Flowering time: April−July.

Habitat: Limestone slopes, steppe, oak or juniper scrub, grassy slopes, cultivated land, 500−2000 m.

 

Reference:
Hedge IC & Lamond JM (1972). Scandix iberica L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinurgh, 4: 327.

Public Description:

Scandix iberica, commonly known as “atkişnekotu” in Turkish, is native to Türkiye, the Caucasus, Iran, North Iraq, and West Syria. It is a glabrous annual plant with white flowers and grows up to 20 cm in length. It blooms between  April and July and is found in limestone slopes, steppe, oak or juniper scrub, grassy slopes and cultivated land.

 

References:

Anonymous (2017). http://vanherbaryum.yyu.edu.tr/flora/azortandir/scandixib/index.htm, Accessed date: 27.05.2017.

Menemen Y (2012). Scandix 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. 78.