Family |
Brassicaceae
Barbarea brachycarpa subsp. minor
Boiss.
Barbarea brachycarpa subsp. minor (C. Koch)
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, Pl. XLVII nº 4; 1983, under Barbarea minor)
Life-form & habit: Glabrous or sparsely hairy perennial with a horizontal rhizome. Stems numerous, prostrate or ascending, flexuous, 10–40 cm long.
Leaves: Basal leaves numerous, forming a rosette, variable in shape, long-petiolate, the blade ovate, entire or slightly undulate-margined, often simple, but sometimes with 1–2 short lateral lobes. Cauline leaves auriculate-amplexicaul, simple or with 1–2 lateral pairs, margins undulate to dentate.
Inflorescence & flowers: 1–3 leafy racemes at base, each with 20–30 flowers. Pedicels spreading, 2–3 mm, thickened after anthesis. Sepals erect, yellow, 2–3 mm. Petals bright yellow, 6–8 mm.
Fruit: Siliques spreading or spreading-erect, on thickened pedicels, quadrangular, 2–2.5 cm long, slightly torulose, with a short beak (1–2 mm).
Phenology: Flowers from February to May; siliques fully developed only after June.
Habitat & elevation: Moist sites in mountains and the Beqaa Valley.
Lebanese distribution: Mi. Sofar; Mm. Neba‘ el-‘Assal, Jisr-el-Hajar, ‘Aïn Dara, Dahr-el-Baïdar, Sannine, Barouk, Mdeireje, Khan Sannine, Falougha, Jabal Kneissé, Jabal Barouk, Bcharré, Tannourine; Hem. below Hermon; Met. Ta‘naïl, Qabbélias.
Syrian distribution: A.L. Manchoura, Bloudane, Ouadi el-Qarn; Herm. Qala‘at Jendel; J.D. Fontaine des Bédouins.
Native range: Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkey and Uzbekistan. (KEW)