Family |
Brassicaceae
Peltaria angustifolia
DC.
Peltaria angustifolia DC.
First published in Syst. Nat. 2: 329 (1821).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 96, Pl. XXXVII, 1; 1970)
Description
Life-form & habit: Hairless herb with an erect, branched, often reddish stem, 60–100 cm tall.
Leaves: Basal leaves are ovate, often heart-shaped at the base, on long stalks. Stem leaves are lanceolate to linear, 2–3 cm long, pointed and narrowed at the base.
Inflorescence & flowers: White flowers with ovate, white-edged sepals and broad petals about twice as long. The slender flower stalks elongate markedly after flowering and curve downwards.
Fruit: Flat, papery, oval to rounded silicles with a narrow central seed chamber, a fine marginal vein and numerous radiating veins.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering in spring.
Habitat & elevation: Rocky soils.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Khan Cheikh Mahmoud, Kfar Houne–Jezzine, Mogheire–Afqa, Maasser, Ehden forest, the Cedars, Jabal Kneisse, Douma, Jourd Tannourine, Hadeth cedars, Sannine, Barouk cedars, Machghara and its upper pass, Hazerta, Yammoune, Baalbeck, Joub Jenin, Rachaya, above Hasbaya and Wadi el Harir.
Syrian distribution: Laqbe, Wadi el Qarn, Zemrani, Maaret el Bach, Arne, Salihiye, Soueida and Qanaouat.
Native range: East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye.