Rumex angustifolius

Ssp angustifolius: Taşturşusu, Ssp macranthus: Kertlice

Perennial. Stems erect, 10-30 cm. Leaves linear-oblanceolate to very narrowly elliptic, all petiolate. Fruiting pedicels thickened, shorter than or equalling the perianth segments, articulate at or about the middle. Fruiting perianth segments ± cordate, 10-14 x 8-25 mm, all tuberculate. Nut brown, 6-8,5 x 4-5 mm. Two subspecies may be recognised in Turkey:

1-Fruiting perianth segments 8-14 mm broad; inflorescence ± simple subsp. angustifolius

1- Fruiting perianth segments 17-25 mm broad; inflorescence branched subsp. macranthus

Distribution of the species: Lebanon, Soviet Armenia, Georgia, N.W. & W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.