Liliaceae

A. cappadocicum Boiss., Fl. Or. 5:241 (1882). Figure 6. Map 24.
Bulb ovoid, l-2(-3) cm diam.; outer tunics black, splitting into fibres, produced into a long black neck. Stem (20-)30-40(-45) cm. Leaves narrowly linear, l-2(-3) mm broad, canaliculate, smooth. Spathe long-beaked, caducous, leaving some remnants at base of umbel. Umbel subglobose, (1.5-)2-3(-4) cm diam., many-flowered, dense; pedicels 2-5 x perianth. Perianth narrowly cylindrical; segments pink, purplish or rarely white, glossy, c. 3-4 mm, oblong-elliptic, obtuse. Filaments glabrous; cusps of inner ones subexserted, somewhat shorter than basal lamina, median cusp scarcely shorter than lateral cusps. Capsule globose, c. 2.5 mm. Fl. 6-7(-8j. Pinus nigra forest, dry rocky places, dunes, vineyards, roadsides, 900-1400 m.
Type: [Turkey B5 Kayseri] in collibus ad occasum Caesareae (Kayseri) in Cappadocia sitis, [1200 m], Balansa 1115 (holo. G! iso. JE! K!). C. Anatolia. A5 Çorum: 49 km S.W. of Çorum, 36 km N.E. of Sungurlu, 1080 m, M. Zohary et al. 117610! B4 Ankara: Tuz G., 100 km from Ankara, 900 m, Birand & Kasapligil 697! Konya: Cihanbeyli, Tuz G. nr Yavşan Mem-lehasi, D. 16669! B5 Nevşehir: Gülşehirto Nevşehir, 1280m, Roper82! Kayseri: Yilanli Da., 1400 m, Koyuncu & Çelik (AEF 2156)! Yozgat: d. Akdag-madeni, Oluközü, 1250 m, Karamanoğlu & Koyuncu (AEF 2084)!
Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. Allied to A. atroviolaceum but differs from the latter by its smooth canaliculate leaves, shorter pedicels without bracteoles and by the filaments being not ciliate.