Family |
Linaceae
Linum mucronatum subsp. orientale
(Boiss.) Davis
Linum mucronatum Bertol. subsp. orientale (Boiss.) Davis
= Linum orientale Boiss., incl. L. syriacum Boiss. & Gaill.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 452; 1969)
• Life-form & habit: Perennial with a strong but weakly lignified root; stems ascending or erect, 7–30 cm tall.
• Leaves: Oblong to oblong-linear, glaucescent but of deep hue, uninerved (rarely 5-nerved), shortly acuminate; lower leaves spatulate.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Cymes usually widely spreading, many-flowered. Sepals lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 8–13 mm long. Petals bright yellow to orange-yellow, 25–28 mm, with broadly obovate limb.
• Fruit: Capsule not described in detail by Mouterde, included within persistent sepals.
• Phenology: Flowers May–July.
• Habitat & elevation: Rocky slopes and subalpine habitats.
• Lebanese distribution: Summit of Mount Hermon (Ky, Auch, P, Gb, Mt, Pb).
• Syrian distribution: Reported from Anti-Lebanon (Ouadi el-Harir, Ouadi el-Qarn), Baalbek region, Zebdani, Saïdnaya, Damascus, Aleppo region, Homs, Houran (Sanamein), Jabal Druze (Soueida), Jabal Abou Rejmein .
• Native range: Türkiye, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan, Iraq, Transcaucasia .