Family |
Caryophyllaceae
Gypsophila libanotica
Boiss.
Leb. Syr. Tur.
Gypsophila libanotica Boiss.
(Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 12; 1843. — Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 1, p. 512; 1966)
• Life-form & habit: Somewhat woody at the base, 15–40 cm tall. Stems with sterile shoots and fertile stems erect, rigid, leafy at the base, whitish.
• Leaves: Slightly fleshy, oblong, subacute, keeled beneath.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Panicle oblong, sometimes slightly viscid. Bracts very small, margin membranous. Pedicels filiform, 3–4× longer than calyx.
• Calyx: Campanulate, 3 mm, whitish-margined, divided beyond the middle into lobes somewhat acute.
• Corolla: Petals slightly exceeding the calyx, pink, limb oblong, obtuse.
• Fruit: Capsule longer than the calyx. Seeds tuberculate.
• Phenology: Flowers June–September.
• Habitat & elevation: High-altitude regions of Lebanon.
• Lebanese distribution: Mm. Jabal Kneissé, Laqlouq, between Sannine and Kneissé, Col de Zahlé, Les Cèdres; Me. above the Cedars, ‘Aïn el-Qarn, Qornet es-Saouda, Dimane to Yammouné.
• Native range: Lebanon–Syria, and Turkey (POWO).