برباريس لبناني

الانتشار الموثق

Leb. Syr.

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit : Densely branched shrub, 15–50 cm tall. Stems erect; branches spreading-erect, reddish to dark brown, armed at regular intervals with strong, yellow, often trifurcate spines longer than the leaf fascicles they protect. Leaves : Glabrous, narrowly lanceolate to elliptical, long-attenuate at base, 10–11 mm long × 3–5 mm wide; margins very slightly recurved, entire; upper surface bright green, midrib conspicuous. Inflorescence & flowers : Small racemes not exceeding the leaves. Pedicels with a small, triangular basal bract. Perianth with 6 yellow, petaloid, somewhat cucullate sepals, 4–5 mm across. Fruit : Elliptical, blackish berry surmounted by the persistent style. Phenology : Flowers in May–June; fruits in summer and early autumn. Habitat & elevation : Montane to subalpine zones on rocky slopes, between 1,400 and 2,000 m. Lebanese distribution : Mm. Western slopes of Mount Lebanon from Jabal Barouk to Jabal Qamou‘a and northern ‘Akkar; Ve. Opposite slopes from ‘Ammiq to ‘Aïnata and beyond; A.L. same elevation on western slopes but less frequent; Herm. seemingly absent above Rachaya, though reported once from Gheba‘a. Syrian distribution : A.L. heights of the Anti-Lebanon range.

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Berberis libanotica

الفصيلة

برباريسية

نباتات من الفصيلة نفسها

بُنْغَرْدْيَة ذَهَبِيَّة

Bongardia chrysogonum (L.) Sp.

رجل الأسد

Leontice leontopetalum