Family |
Cistaceae
Helianthemum kotschyanum
Boiss.
Leb. Syr. Tur.
Helianthemum kotschyanum Boiss.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 547; 1969. First published in Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium, ser. 2, 1: 53, 1854)
• Life-form & habit: Small suffruticose perennial, 20–40 cm tall, entirely silky-hispid with somewhat appressed bristles; stems erect.
• Leaves: Linear-lanceolate, acute, margins slightly convolute; stipules 3–4 times shorter than the leaves.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Pedicels scarcely shorter than the calyx. Sepals strongly hispid; outer pair very short, inner ones prominently nerved, subacute at apex. Petals yellow, 2–3 times longer than sepals.
• Fruit: Capsule included within the calyx.
• Phenology: Flowers March–May.
• Habitat & elevation: Vineyards, dry slopes, and fields.
• Lebanese distribution: Ksara (Mt Lebanon, Beqaa), Zahlé, east of Joub Jannine.
• Syrian distribution: Baalbeck, Anti-Lebanon (Ouadi el-Harir, Ouadi el-Qarn), Damascus (Ouadi Barada, Doummar), Aleppo region (‘Azaz, Jabal Sema‘ane).
• Native range: Türkiye, Syria, Lebanon