Scleranthus annuus

Ssp annuus: Kınavel; ssp polycarpos: Kırk kınavel; Ssp verticillatus: Zar kınavel

Annual or biennial with erect or ascending stems up to 15 cm. Leaves up to 8 mm. lnflorescence usually dense with the upper leaves usually exceeding the flowers. Perigynous cup 0,8-1,6 mm in fruit, glabrous or with sparse hairs on the ribs. Sepals equalling or longer than the perigynous cup in fruit, spreading or erect or connivent, tapering from the base to the acute apex, not incurved to form a hook, with the scarious margin much narrower than the green central part. The whole flower 1,8-3,7 mm in fruit.

1-Flower 3-3,7 mm in fruit, the sepals spreading at 15-45°; stems 5-15 cm; leaves up to 11 mm subsp. annuus

1-Flower 1,8-3 mm in fruit, the sepals slightly spreading or erect or connivent

   2-Flower 1,8-2,2 mm in fruit; stems 1-8 cm; leaves 4-6 mm subsp. verticillatus

   2-Flower 2,5-3 mm in fruit; stems 2-17 cm; leaves 5-6 mm subsp. polycarpos