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Caprifoliaceae

Centranthus longiflorus

Stev.

Centranthus longiflorus Stev.

(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. CLXV nº 2; 1983)


  • Life-form & habit: Glabrous perennial with multiple stems, 60–150 cm tall, often leafless at the base, ascending or slightly ramified.

  • Leaves: Lanceolate-linear, entire.

  • Inflorescence & flowers: Cymose inflorescences forming an elongated, interrupted, narrowly thyrsoid panicle.

  • Corolla: Sessile, pink; tube long, ending in a short limb with 5 lobes; spur slightly shorter than the tube and about three times longer than the ovary.

  • Fruit: Not described in detail; calyx persists and expands into a plume-like structure.

  • Phenology: Flowers from June to October.

  • Habitat & elevation: Rocky places.

  • Lebanese distribution: Mi. Hammana, East of Douma, Bikfaya, Qrayyé; Mm. Jabal Barouk, Sofar, Neba‘ Laban, Ehden, Jabal Abiad (Denniyé), Afqa, Hasroun, Cedars, above Bcharré, Qannoubine, ‘Aïn Zehalta, Sannine; Ve. ‘Aïn Hazir, Zahlé, Jdita; Hem. Hermon; Sy. ‘Aïn Bourdaï; A.L. Cha‘ra de Baalbek, Zebdani, Bloudane, Ouadi el-Qarn, Ouadi Houreiré; Herm. above ‘Arné, Mejdel ech-Chams

  • Native range: Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkey. (KEW)

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