Paronychia anatolica

 

Paronychia anatolica

 

Ssp anatolica: Ana etyaran; Ssp balansae: Ege etyaranı 
 
 
Procumbent, caespitose herb, woody at the base. Adventitious roots often absent. Leaves 3-4 x 1·5 mm, obovate to oblanceolate, subobtuse, pubescent to puberulent. Stipules lanceolate, usually  shorter than leaves. Glomerules 8-15 mm diam., terminal, profuse and densely crowded. Bracts obliquely ovate to oblong, acute, concealing flowers. Flowers 2,5-3 mm, adpressed-pubescent to puberulent. Sepals ± equal, narrowly ovate-Ianceolate, acute and enclosing the fruit. Fl. 5-7. Rocky limestone slopes.
1. Adventitious roots absent; leaves often obovate; flowers 2,5-3 mm, sepals slightly exceeding fruit subsp. anatolica
1. Adventitious roots quite conspicuous; leaves often oblanceolate; fruit equalling sepals.; flowers 3-3,5 mm subsp. balansae
Endemic.