Callipeltis cucullaris
Callipeltis cucullaris
Nermik
Stems 5-20 cm, erect to ascending, simple to much branched, often from base, branches quadrangular, ± retrorsely scabrid mainly on angles, somewhat hirsute to glabrous. Leaves 3-13 x 1-4 mm, lower in whorls of 4, oblanceolate- to oblong-spathulate, obtuse, shortly petiolate , upper in pairs, elliptic-oblong to to sublinear, somewhat antrorsely scabrid along margins, glabrous to sparingly puberulent, mainly along vein. Cymes subsessile, 5-7-flowered, reflexed; central flower sessile, naked; lateral pedicellate, pedicels usually hirsute, 0.5-1.5 mm, subtended by bracts; bracts broadly elliptic to suborbicular, 4-5 mm in fruit, prominently veined below, usually plicate and folded lengthwise around fruit, sometimes flat, glabrous, only margins somewhat hairy towards base. Corolla yellowish-green to purplish, 0.5-0.65 mm diam., cup-shaped. Mericarps dark brown, 1.5-2 mm, cylindrical, somewhat curved, hispidulous mainly towards apex. Fl. 3-5. Dry gravelly or stony places, steppe, 300-2000 m.
C. & S. Spain, N. Africa, S.W. & C. Asia. Ir.-Tur. element.
