رقيب الشمس القنفذي

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Alternate, ovate-lanceolate to oblong, 15–40 mm, densely hairy on both surfaces; apex obtuse to acute, margin entire, sessile or subsessile.

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: Flowers in helicoid cymes (scorpioid), elongating in fruit. Calyx lobes narrow-lanceolate, persistent. Corolla small, white, with a short tube and 5-lobed limb, about 3 mm. Stamens included.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Schizocarp breaking into 4 nutlets, each densely hairy.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology: Flowers and fruits from March to June.

الانتشار الموثق

Lebanese distribution: Widespread along the coastal plain (Beirut, Saïda, Tripoli, Tyr) and into lower mountain slopes (Aley, Beit Chabab).

Syrian distribution: Reported around Damascus, Ma‘loula, Hama, and the coastal region near Latakia.

Native range: Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Greece, Crete (Kriti), Lebanon–Syria, Libya, Palestine, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe (POWO).

الارتفاع الموثق

الارتفاع

1,200 m

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit: Annual herb, 10–40 cm, covered with long, soft, spreading hairs, giving the plant a whitish, hirsute appearance. Stems branched from base, ascending or prostrate.

دورة الحياة

حولية

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Heliotropium hirsutissimum

الفصيلة

حمحمية

نباتات من الفصيلة نفسها

غباشة صَغيرة الزَّهر

Buglossoides tenuiflora (L.fil.) I.M.Johnst.

Cynoglossum cedrorum

لسان الثور

Hormuzakia aggregata (Lehm.) Gusul.

Melanortocarya obtusifolia