Asphodeline sertachiae
Asphodeline sertachiae
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Biennial. Roots numerous, slender. Flowering stems 40--65 cm, , erect, 5-17 mm broad, leafy in lower half; leafless part ± cylindrical to ungulate, sulcate or striate. Leaves glaucous, linear, tapering towards the apex, dilated with broad, scarious margins at base; margins scabrid, Inflorescence simple, 25-35 cm long, densely flowered. Bracts scarious, 15-25 mm, lanceolate, long-acuminate. Bracteoles scarious. Flowers in groups on each node. Fruiting pedicels 15-27 mm, jointed at or above the middle. Perianth segments 15-17 mm, outer segments bicolored, outside brown, inside white, inner ones concolorous, white. Stamens unequal; exterior 3 filaments appendiculate, Capsule narrowly oblong, transversely wrinkled, umbilicate at apex, 10-13 x 6-8 mm, Seeds 4.5-5 x c.3 x c.3 mm, Fl. 5-6. Steep slopes, subalpine meadows, open Pinus nigra and Abies cilicica forest, 1600-1820 m,
Endemic. E. Medit. element
