RECHINGERI (Jansson) 't Hart, 1995
Synonyms :
Rosularia rechingeri Jansson (1966)
Umbilicus libanoticus fa minor Nabelek (1923)
Distribution : Eastern Turkey, adjacent northern Iraq.
Description (according to 't Hart in IHSP, 2003) :
Caudex absent but with ± thickened taproots.
Rosettes semiglobular, 1 - 3.5 cm in diameter, fairly compact, clump-forming, offsets shortly stalked.
Leaves ovate-oblong to spatulate with rounded apex, 0.8 - 1.6 cm, fairly succulent, dull medium green, glabrous or laxly glandular-hairy, margin hairy.
Inflorescences lateral racemose thyrses, (1- to) 4- to 17-flowered, 3 -10 cm, upper half ± glandular-hairy.
FIowers 1 - 1.5 cm or shorter, slender funnel-shaped to almost tubular with reflexed petal tips, outer parts glandular-hairy, petals united for 1/3, greenish-yellow to ivory, often with purplish venation, apex aristate.
Cytology : 2n = ±104