Plantaginaceae

Plantago media

Plantago media

Plantago L. Plantago media L. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 8 Habitat: dağ yamaçları, bozkır, kuru çimenlik Minimum yükseklik: 1600 Maksimum yükseklik: 2300 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: D., KD., G. (Ve GB.?) Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Avrupa, Sibirya, Kafkasya, İran, K. Irak, O. Asya, Kamçatka, Kanada Bulunduğu kareler :A7 A8 A9 B9 B10 C2 C5

P. media L., Sp. PL 113 (1753). Ic: Bonnier, F1. Compl. Fγ., Suisse et Belg. 9: t. 499 f. 2291 (1927); Fl. URSS 23: t. 7 f. 1 (1958).   Perennial with 1-few rosettes. Leaves 4.5-11.5(-17) x 1.5-3(-3.5) cm, elliptic-ovate to elliptic, gradually narrowed into petiole, entire, 3-7(-9)-veined, with septate hairs. Scapes striate, erect or ascending, 25-30 cm. Spikes (3-)4-9.5(-15) cm, dense, narrowly cylindrical. Bracts narrowly ovate, 2-2.5 mm, often glabrous, with fleshy keel. Anterior sepals c. 2.5 mm, obovate-elliptic, glabrous, strongly keeled; posterior 2.5 mm, elliptic-ovate, ± rotund. Corolla lobes shining, white-hyaline, lanceolate-ovate or narrowly ovate, midrib ± indistinct; tube c. 2 mm, pale brown. Filaments c. 2.5-3 x as long as corolla tube, pale brown or lilac. Anthers lilac, purple or white. Capsule ellipsoid. Seeds usually 4. Fl. 6-8. Montane slopes, steppe, dry grassland, 1600-2300 (-2500?) m.   Described from Europe (Hb. Linn. 144/5, photo).   E., N.E., S. (& S.W.?) Anatolia. A7 Trabzon: Kiremitliman, c. 35 km S.S.W. of Trabzon, 1600 m, It. Leyd. 1959:1803(0. A8 Erzurum: pass between Tor-turn and Oltu, 2300 m, D. 47611! A9 Kars: Ardahan, Cincirop, A. Heilbronn (ISTF 7754)! B8 Erzurum: Palandöken Da., Sultanseki Tepesi, 2090m, Özbay & Özyurt (ATA 420)! B9 Erzurum: 18 km from Aras to Eleşkirt, 2050 m, A. Baytop et al. (ISTE 42661) (long-petioled)! B10 Ağri: d. Iğdir, mt Ararat (Büyük Ağri Da.), 1920 m, D.M. Brown 571(!). C2 Muğla: Ak Da., 2200-2500 m, Quézel et al. (doubtful). C5 Adana: Karanfil Da., gorge above Solakli, 1830 m, Bisby B51(!).   Most of Europe, Siberia, Caucasia, Iran, N. Iraq, C. Asia, Kamchatka, Canada. Boissier (Fl. Or. 4:879, 1879) and Hayek (Prodr. Fl. Balc. 2:407, 1931) give records of P. media from near Istanbul and from Thrace, but according to Webb (Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. 65B:60, 1966) the presence of this species in Turkey-in-Europe is doubtful. Sect. Oreades Decne. Alpine plants. Bracts very broad, apex rotund or trun-cate. Sepals thin, subequal, lower part of keel prominent. Ovules 2.