MODESTA var. MODESTA
Synonym : Rosularia sessiliflora Jansson (1966)
Distribution : Afghanistan, adjacent eastern Iran, 750 - 2000 m.
Description (according to IHSP, 2003) :
Caudex consisting of thickened taproots and lower stem axis, 3 - 7 mm in diameter and several cm long.
Rosettes flattish, 1.5 - 4 cm in diameter, solitary or offsetting.
Leaves broadly or rarely linearly spatulate with rounded apex, 1 - 2.5 cm with narrow base, bluish-green but not glaucous, glabrous, margin rarely whitish-horny, otherwise laxly to densely ciliate.
Inflorescences lateral racemose thyrses, 4 - 13 cm, upper 1/2 glandular-hairy.
FLowers 5-merous, 5 - 6 mm, ± urceolate, outside glandular-hairy, petals united for 1/3 – 2/3 slightly fleshy, dirty whitish to pinkish.
[U. Eggli]