Family |
Cistaceae
Tuberaria guttata
(L.) Fourr.
Tuberaria guttata (L.) Fourr.
First published in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 340 (1868).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 542, Pl. CCXXXIII, 6; 1970)
• Life-form & habit: Annual with spreading hairs, reaching 30 cm.
• Leaves: Oblong to narrowly oblong, almost stalkless, with three veins visible at least near the base; stipules may be present or absent.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Flowers on long, slender, spreading stalks, up to three times as long as the calyx. Bright-yellow petals often have a dark basal blotch and may exceed the sepals or remain shorter. Style very short or absent.
• Fruit: Pointed, ovoid capsule.
• Phenology: Flowering February–May.
• Habitat & elevation: Sand and sandstone.
• Lebanese distribution: Beirut, Zalqa, Kafr Matta, Abey–the coast, below Beit Meri, Mayrouba, Bhamdoun, Bikfaya, Dhour Choueir, Marjayoun–Qleyya, Kfar Zeit, Ain Ata and Kfertay.
• Native range: Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe.
• Introduced into: California.