Family |
Campanulaceae
Asyneuma virgatum subsp. virgatum
(Labill.) Bornm.
Asyneuma virgatum subsp. virgatum
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. CXCV nº 1; 1983)
Life-form & habit: Biennial, finely puberulent, with one or more rigid stems, simple or sparsely branched, 30–80 cm tall. Root vertical and thickened.
Leaves: All basal or grouped at the collar; lanceolate, acuminate, slightly scabrous, petiolate, entire or shallowly undulate-dentate.
Inflorescence & flowers: Loose terminal spikes of pale blue flowers, 8 mm long, arranged in groups of 1–3, sessile or shortly pedicellate in the axils of small triangular bracts.
Capsule: Turbinate-elliptic, strongly ribbed and grooved, opening by apical pores.
Phenology: Flowers in summer.
Habitat & elevation: Mountain slopes, rarely at lower altitudes.
Lebanese distribution: Mm.–Me. Jab. Sannine, above Faraya, Hasroun, Cedars of Bsharré, forest of Ehden, upper Makmel, Rijal al-Ashara, Jab. Qamoua, Cedars of Hadeth; Ve. above Aïnata.
Syrian distribution: Mm. Slenfé, Jabal Mattai.
Native range: Mountains of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran