Family |
Campanulaceae
Legousia falcata
(Ten.) Fritsch ex Janch.
Legousia falcata (Ten.) Fritsch ex Janch.
First published in Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereins Univ. Wien, n.s., 5: 100 (1907).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, pp. 362–363, Pl. CXCVII, 1; 1983)
Description
Life-form & habit: Annual, partly hairy, with a simple stem or branches arising near the base, reaching 30 cm.
Leaves: Ovate and blunt, the upper ones usually lanceolate and scalloped; narrowed into a stalk or sessile and partly clasping the stem.
Inflorescence & flowers: Solitary, stalkless flowers in the leaf axils and at the stem tips. Calyx lobes clearly exceed the corolla; the calyx tube usually exceeds 10 mm.
Fruit: Capsule without a constriction at the tip.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering April–May.
Habitat & elevation: Pastures and woodland.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Ras Damour, Baabda, Beirut, Antelias, Nahr el Kalb, Khalde, Nahr Beirut, Ras Chekka, Tripoli, Ghazir, Abey, Faytroun, Qrayye, Bikfaya, Hadeth cedars, Marassia near Qannoubine, the pass north of Ehmej, Baidar plateau, Afqa, Zahle, Rachaya and Kfertay.
Syrian distribution: Tartous, Kessab, Bhamra, south of Slenfe, Qadmous–Massiaf pass, Ain el Reida near Damascus, Qanaouat, Chahba and Banias.
Native range: Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye.
Introduced into: Germany.