Family |
Plumbaginaceae
Armeria undulata
(Bory & Chaub.) Boiss.
Leb. Gre.
Armeria undulata (Bory & Chaub.) Boiss.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. X nº 2; 1983)
Life-form & habit: Glabrous, cespitose perennial, 20–50 cm tall; all leaves basal, heteromorphic—outer ones with sinuate-undulate margins, others linear and often very narrow.
Leaves: All radical, outer leaves with undulate margins, inner linear and narrow.
Inflorescence & flowers: Scapes cylindrical, thin, rigid, often relatively tall. Capitula large, subtended by brown, ovate involucral bracts; inner bracts accompanying each flower are narrower and nearly as long.
Calyx: Funnel-shaped, with 10-ribbed tube, shortly pubescent on ribs, bearing a short triangular spur at base; limb with briefly triangular, aristate lobes.
Corolla: Ample, petals obtuse or truncate at apex, white or pink.
Phenology: Flowers from March to September.
Habitat & elevation: Non-calcareous terrain, above 900 m.
Lebanese distribution: Mi. Bikfaya to Dhour Choueir, Choueir, Dhour Choueir, Mayrouba (white-flowered forms); Mm. Col de Zahlé (pink form), Falougha, Hasroun, Cedars of Hadeth and surroundings, Sannine, Berkacha; Herm. ‘Aïn ‘Ata.
Native range: Greece and Lebanon (KEW, GBIF)