Family |
Caryophyllaceae
Arenaria libanotica
Kotschy
Endemic to Lebanon
Arenaria libanotica Kotschy
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 1, Pl. CLX nº 4; 1966)
Description
Life-form & habit: Low-growing, cushion-forming perennial with villous-glandular stems; not woody at base.
Leaves: Linear, 2–5 mm long, pubescent to glabrescent or glabrous (in the adonidis form), obtuse; basal leaves often very short and close together, upper leaves more developed and spaced.
Inflorescence & flowers: Flowers solitary, axillary and terminal, often diverging at right angles; inflorescence simple or branched. Calyx oval, obtuse, pubescent-glandular or glabrous, with inner sepals broadly white-margined.
Petals: Obovate, longer than the sepals.
Fruit: Subglobular capsule barely exceeding or equal to the calyx.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowers from June to August.
Habitat & elevation: Rocky slopes and dolines.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Mi. Qrayé; Mm. Hasroun, Les Cèdres, Bcharré–Cedars, ‘Aqoura, Grotte d’Afqa, Neba‘ el-Hadid, Jabal Sannine; Me. Foum el-Mizhab, Yammouné to Dimane.
Native range: Lebanon (to Mt. Hermon) (KEW, GBIF)