BLEPHAROPHYLLA Eggli, 1987
Section Rosularia
Distribution : South-Eastern Turkey (on limestone).
Description (according to U. Eggli in IHSP, 2003) :
Rosette with thickened taproots, semiglobular, 2 – 4 cm in diameter, with (sub-) sessile offsets.
Leaves ± erect, oblong with rounded to truncate apex, 2 - 3 cm, narrowest at the base, green, glabrous or with scattered glandular hairs, margin ciliate.
Inflorescences lateral, drooping when young, 8 - 15 cm, branched, basally with large bracts.
Flowers 5-merous, erect, broadly tubular, sepals slender triangular, green, petals 10 - 12 mm, white with greenish venation, rarely flushed pale pinkish.
Cytology : 2n = 18
Only known from the type locality; closely related to R. lineata.