Leaves: Ovate, acute, glabrescent or slightly puberulent beneath along the veins; petiole short.
الأزهار
Inflorescence & flowers: Dense cymes, often superposed in 2–3 series on the same peduncle; pedicels very short. Calyx and corolla small (2–3 mm), calyx glabrescent, membranous, faintly ciliate on the margins. Corolla lobes yellowish-green, quickly blackening when dry, glabrous outside, slightly pubescent inside. Corona with short, truncate lobes slightly exceeding the gynostegium.
الثمار والبذور
Fruit: Follicles usually paired and divergent, nearly smooth or very finely puberulent.
الموائل والبيئة
Habitat & elevation: Moist places in springtime, especially along small torrents; montane regions.
Lebanese distribution: Known from Laqlouq (Mount Lebanon).
Syrian distribution: Qanawât (under V. parviflorum ), El-Krês near Salkhad, from Soueida to Fontaine des Bédouins, between Kafer and Salkhad, south of Kafer, and Es-Safa.
Native range: Endemic to Lebanon and Syria.
لمحة نباتية
بنية النبات
Life-form & habit: Perennial, pluricaulous herb 30–60 cm tall or more; stems initially erect and flexuous, later sometimes twining near the apex; finely puberulent throughout.