Leontice leontopetalum
Leontice leontopetalum
Kırbaş
Stems erect, 10-80 cm tall. Leaves fleshy, often glaucous, biternatisect, with irregular numbers of frequently lobed leaflets. Inflorescence terminal, manyflowered, the axis often with 1-3 lateral branches. Sepals caducous. Petals yellow. Nectary scales small, 1-1,5 mm, stipitate or· cuneate at base and varying in shape from obovate, deltoid, or sub-orbicular to laterally bilobed or inrolled, fleshy. Fruit with reticulate venation, eroding irregularly at the tip.
E. Mediterranean area, Syrian Desert, N.,Iraq & N. Iran, W. Iran, W. Pakistan, Trans-Caspia.
