Family |
Caryophyllaceae
Arenaria deflexa
Decne.
Arenaria deflexa Decne.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 1, Pl. CLX nº 7; 1966)
Life-form & habit: Viscid-pubescent, tufted perennial, often densely branched; stems filiform, fragile, 10–30 cm, prostrate or ascending; base and root not woody.
Leaves: Very shortly petiolate, ovate to oblong, acute, 1-nerved, finely tuberculate-punctate.
Inflorescence & flowers: Loose, terminal, leafless cymes with linear, filiform, acute, pubescent bracts. Pedicels threadlike, usually longer than the calyx.
Sepals: Pale green, sparsely hairy, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, weakly veined.
Petals: Oblong-linear, entire or retuse, slightly longer than the calyx.
Fruit: Capsule oblong-cylindrical, slightly shorter than the calyx. Seeds finely tuberculate.
Phenology: Flowers year-round.
Habitat & elevation: Shaded rocks.
Lebanese distribution: Mi. ‘Aramoun, Ghazir to Fakhra, Qrayé, Jisr-el-Hajar, east of Douma, Dlepta, Rayfoun, Feitroun; Mm. Cèdres de Hadeth, Dimane to Qannoubine, Bân, Ehden, Hasroun, Tannourine, Neba‘a-l-Laban, Sofar, ‘Aïn Zehalta, Ehmej; Me. Makmel, Jabal Sannine; Herm. Rachaya; Met. Source of Bardaouni.
Native range: East Aegean Is., Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Türkey and Saudi Arabia (GBIF, KEW)