Cerinthe minor
Cerinthe minor
Ssp auriculata: Livarotu; Ssp minor: Cücegözü
Biennial or perennial. Stems erect, 25-75 cm, simple or branched above. Basal leaves spathulate to oblanceolate, obtuse, blade attenuate into petiole; cauline linear-oblong, lanceolate-elliptic or obovate, to 8 x 2·8 cm, obtuse, sessile, ± amplexicaul. Bracts usually greenish. Calyx divided ± to base, lobes lanceolate, acute, margins ciliate. Corolla yellow, maroon, purple or violet suffused, 10-11 x 3·5-4·5 mm, divided to c. ½ , tube straight, lobes lanceolate, acute. Nutlets c. 3·5 x 3 mm, ovoid-globose.
1. Pedicels glabrous; corolla cylindrical; nutlets chestnut-brown ................subsp. minor
1. Pedicels scabrous to hispidulous; corolla broader in upper ½ of tube; nutlets dark brown to blackish subsp. auriculata
