Tripleurospermum rosellum (Boiss. & Orph.) Hayek var. album E. Hossain Gül Gödesi (in Turkish)

Tripleurospermum rosellum (Boiss. & Orph.) Hayek var. album E. Hossain - Gül Gödesi (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Perennial, 10−30 cm. Leaf laciniae ± dense, lanceolate; ligules white. Stems solitary or many, erect or ascending, usually unbranched, rarely divided at apex. Leaves 1−3-pinnatisect; laciniae lax or dense, lanceolate or linear-filiform, acute. Capitula radiate, 0.9−1.5 cm broad (excl. ligules), solitary, terminal, rarely 2 on each stem, borne on long, naked, glabrous or pubescent peduncles. Outer phyllaries broadly oblong-subacute, glabrous or minutely puberulent, inner oblong-obtuse, all with wide (rarely narrow) undulate, pale brown, membranous margins. Receptacle ovoid, ovoid-conical or hemispherical. Ligules 7−13 mm, pinkish or white; lobes of disc flowers glandular at tips. Achenes 1.5−2 × 0.6−1.3 mm, compressed, ± incurved, base truncate, slightly mucilaginous, anteriorly smooth, lineolate, posteriorly 3-ribbed, ribs thickened, white, fissures broad; corona white, campanulate, 1/3 as long as achene.

 

Flowering time: April−June.

Habitat: Limestone rocks, bare ground, etc., 400−2150 m.

 

Reference:
Hossain ABM Enayet (1975). Tripleurospermum rosellum (Boiss. & Orph. ) Hayek, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 5: 300.

Public Description:

Tripleurospermum rosellum var. album is an endemic species to Türkiye and known as “gül gödesi” in Turkish, and is distributed in just North Anatolia. It is a perennial herbaceous plant with white flowers, and grows up to 30 cm in length. Its blooms from April and June and found in limestone rocks and bare ground.

 

References:

Anonymous (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=5095, Accessed date: 22.01.2016.

İnceer H (2012). Tripleurospermum Sch.Bip. 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. 212–214.