Gypsophila arabica

الفصيلة قرنفلية · Caryophyllaceae

معرض النبات

حقوق الصور وإسنادها

الأوراق: Leaves: Somewhat fleshy, 1-nerved, quickly caducous; lower leaves oblong, upper leaves linear; floral leaves very small, linear-herbaceous.
الأزهار: Inflorescence & flowers: Panicles diffuse; pedicels capillary, spreading, 4–6 times longer than the calyx. Calyx campanulate, lobed to three-quarters, lobes oblong, obtuse, with whitish margins. Petals pale pink with darker lines, ellipsoid, 4–5 mm, equalling or slightly exceeding the calyx.
الثمار والبذور: Fruit: Capsule shorter than the calyx, containing 2 seeds, subglobose, finely tuberculate.

Habitat & elevation: Dry regions, steppe habitats, often on sandy or gravelly soils; low to mid elevations.

Lebanese distribution: Sources of the Orontes, Qa‘a (Mouterde), Qamou‘at Hermel (Blanche).

Syrian distribution: Dimas, Damascus, Jabal Qasyoun, Kissoué, Sahl es-Sahra (Gaillardot, Barkoudah).

Native range: Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine); extending to Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.

بنية النبات: Life-form & habit: Annual herb, 40–80 cm tall, glabrous, with slender whitish or pale green stems, solitary or fasciculate, diffusely branched from the base into divaricate panicles. Root not markedly thickened.
دورة الحياة: حولية