Family |
Campanulaceae
Asyneuma rigidum subsp. sinai
(A.DC.) Damboldt
Asyneuma rigidum subsp. sinai (A. DC.) Damboldt
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 361; 1983)
Life-form & habit: Perennial, pubescent-scabrid, pale green; stems rigid, slender, erect or ascending, simple, long-leaved at base.
Leaves: Ovate, denticulate, attenuate at base, acute at apex; lower ones petiolate, greyish green; in subsp. sinai, stems not exceeding 20 cm, leaves shorter.
Inflorescence & flowers: Flowers in groups of 3–4, sessile or very shortly pedunculate, clustered in short spikes, each subtended by a triangular bract.
Calyx: Scabrous, with lanceolate lobes and an obconical tube.
Corolla: Scabrous, about three times longer than the calyx.
Fruit: Elliptic-oblong capsule, opening from the apex.
Phenology: Flowers from July to September.
Habitat & elevation: Mountainous areas.
Lebanese distribution: Mm. Jabal Barouk, western Jabal Kneissé, Jabal Kneissé, Jabal Zahrour, Jisr-el-Hajar, ‘Aïn Simane above Faraya, Jabal Sannine, Hasroun, Jourd Tannourine, between Hadeth and Yammouné, Bcharré, Cedars, Ehden, Qamoua, upper Makmel.
Syrian distribution: Hermon (southern slopes).
Native range: Lebanon, Hermon, Sinai