MURATDAGHENSE (Kit Tan) 't Hart , 1999
Synonym : Rosularia muratdaghensis Kit Tan (1989)
Distribution : Western Turkey; igneous rocks, 2100 m.
Description (according to IHSP, 2003) :
Caudex none, but with taproots.
Rosettes depressed-globular, 1.5 - 3 cm in diameter, clump-forming with many subsessile offsets.
Leaves broadly spatulate with mucronate apex, fairly succulent, 0.8 - 1.2 cm, glabrous, pale to medium fresh green, apically commonly tinged with dark to bright red, margins with scattered ciliae or glandular hairs.
Inflorescences terminal, paniculate, 5 - 10 cm.
Flowers tubular to narrowly funnel-shaped, ± 1.2 cm, petals united for ± 1/2, dorsally
glandular along the midrib, pale yellowish to ivory, sometimes with reddish streaks.
Cytology : 2n = 56
Vegetatively very close to P. chrysanthum and P. serpentinicum.
