Onosma molle
Onosma molle
Divanköşk
Perennial. Plant greyish-white throughout with dense adpressed hairs arising from stellate-hairy tubercles. Stems 15-35 cm, ± unbranched. Leaves 40-100 x 3,5-9 mm, linear-spathulate to linear, obtuse to subacute; basal ·and lower cauline tapering towards base, upper sessile, broad at base. Inflorescence of 1-3 terminal and lateral cymes, scorpioid at first, becoming elongated and straight. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, shorter than calyx. Pedicels 1-3 mm. Calyx 12-14 mm in flower, to 22 mm in fruit, lobes narrowly triangular. Corolla lemon yellow to creamy white, 20-22 mm, cylindrical-campanulate, shortly pubescent. Anthers included, with sterile truncate tips, longer than filaments. Nutlets 5 x 3·5 mm, bipyramidate, with sharp ventral keel and acute apex, straw-coloured. FI. 4-7. Fields, rocky places, steppe, 430-1800 m.
Syria. Ir.-Tur. element.
