Scandix iberica
Scandix iberica
Atkişneotu
Much branched ± glabrous, softly pilose, hispid or sparsely asperous plant, 10-20 cm. Leaves ovate-triangular, 2-3-pinnate or pinnatisect, 3-8 x 2-5 cm, ultimate lobes linear-lanceolate to filiform, 3-10 x up to 1 mm. Rays 4-9, equal or not, 1,5-7 cm, occasionally one bearing a secondary umbel. Bracteoles 4-5, narrow-oblong to oblong, entire or coarsely 2-fid from apex, ± reflexed, ciliate, usually with membranous margins and centre,· 2-5 x 1-2 mm. Pedicels 10-many, several usually sterile, c. 4-5 mm, ± equal. Outer petals clearly radiant, 2-10 mm. Fruit glabrous to densely strigose, 2,5-5,5 cm x 1,5-2 mm; beak always ciliate, dorsally compressed, longer than fertile portion. Fl. 4-7. Limestone slopes, steppe, oak or juniper scrub, grassy slopes, cultivated land, 500-2000 m.
Caucasia, N.W., W. & C. Iran, N. Iraq, W. Syria, Syrian Desert.
