Minuartia alpuensis

Alpu tıstısı

Caespitose, whitish, perennial herb, densely pubescent . Stems erect, 7–15 cm long, branched from the base. Leaves subulate, 4–6 × 0.25–0.5 mm, 3-veined, acute to acuminate at apex, with margins membranous and ciliate at the base; leaf fascicles open at flowering time. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 4–4.5 × 1.5–1.7 mm, 3-veined, acute to acuminate at apex, with membranous margins . Inflorescence a cymose cluster of 2–4 flowers; flowers pedicellate, pedicels 1–1.5 mm, erect. Sepals linear-lanceolate, 4.5–6.0 × 1.0–1.5 mm, with 1 distinct midvein, membranous along margins, long-acuminate at apex. Petals oblong-elliptic, 4.0–4.5 × 1–1.5 mm, 2/3 as long as sepals, white, obtuse at apex. Stamens 10; filaments 4–5 mm long; . Styles 1.5–2.0 mm. Capsule ovoid, 3–4 × 1.0–1.3 mm, 3–5 seeded. Seeds oblong and reniform, 0.5–0.7 × 0.1–0.3 mm, brown or dark brown, the surface tuberculate in the central area, tuberculate with papillate tubercles dorsally.

Endemic