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Brassicaceae

Aubrieta libanotica

Boiss.

Leb. Syr. Tur.

Aubrieta libanotica Boiss.

(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, Pl. LIII nº 1; 1983)


  • Life-form & habit: Canescent, mat-forming perennial with slender, branched stems spreading along the ground, all or nearly all fertile, 5–10 cm long.

  • Leaves: Densely clustered at the stem base, oblong-deltoid, entire or bearing two blunt teeth on each side.

  • Inflorescence & flowers: Elongated, flexuous fruiting racemes. Pedicels filiform and long. Sepals pubescent, erect, 5 mm. Petals clawed, 10–12 mm long, violet.

  • Fruit: Ovoid-oblong silicle, inflated, with smooth valves, about 1 cm long, topped by a style nearly equaling the capsule in length.

  • Phenology: Flowers from April to July.

  • Habitat & elevation: Rocky habitats, especially at high elevation.

  • Lebanese distribution: Mi. Qrayé; Mm. Falougha, ‘Aïn Saoua‘ir, Mokhada near Laqlouq, Jabal Kneissé, Tannourine, Hasroun, Source de Jouit, Berkacha, forest of Ehden, above Ehden, Hadeth; Me. Jabal Sannine, upper Makmel; Met. Zahlé, Qabbélias.

  • Syrian distribution: A.L. Birket Foukhté, Ma‘loula, Yabroud, Souq Ouadi Barada.

  • Native range: Akher Dagh, Amanus, Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon

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