قطنية درهمية

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Alternate, orbicular to broadly elliptic, 5–20 × 4–15 mm, entire, coriaceous, base rounded, apex obtuse; upper surface dark green, glabrous or slightly pubescent; lower surface densely grey-tomentose, giving a silvery appearance. Petiole short, 1–2 mm, tomentose. Stipules small, caducous.

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: Solitary or in small corymbs of 2–4 flowers at short lateral branch tips. Flowers 7–10 mm wide, white to pinkish-white; hypanthium campanulate, densely hairy; calyx lobes triangular, reflexed at anthesis. Petals orbicular, slightly overlapping; stamens numerous; styles 2–3.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Pome globose, 6–8 mm in diameter, red to orange-red when ripe, crowned by the persistent calyx lobes; mesocarp firm; pyrenes 2–3.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology: Flowers from April to June; fruits ripen from August to October.

الانتشار الموثق

Lebanese distribution: Frequent in the high mountains of Mount Lebanon — notably around Barouk , Ehden , Bcharreh , and Dahr el-Baïdar ; forms dense thickets among rocks or along screes, sometimes associated with Berberis libanotica and Rosa canina .

Native to: Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Greece, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen (POWO).

الارتفاع الموثق

الارتفاع

400 m

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit: Deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub, 0.5–2 m tall, much-branched, forming dense, rounded thickets. Branches stiff, erect to arching, young shoots densely tomentose and greyish, older wood reddish-brown to dark grey.

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Cotoneaster nummularius

الفصيلة

وردية

نباتات من الفصيلة نفسها

Amelanchier parviflora

لوز مر

Amygdalus korschinskii

Crataegus × sinaica

Potentilla geranioides subsp. syriaca