Cerastium araraticum

Kars boynuzotu

Caespitose perennial. Stems ± erect, 5-15 cm, hirsute-pilose. Leaves linear-oblong, ± obtuse and glabrous. Inflorescence few-flowered. Bracts with obvious scarious margins. Sepals lanceolate, 6-8 mm, with broad scarious margins, pilose. Petals c. 10 mm. Capsules exserted slightly from the calyx, opening by teeth with slightly revolute margins. Fl. 8. Slopes, up to 5000 m.

? Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element.