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Arabis turrita L.

1269(6). A. turrita L., Sp. Pl. ed. 1 (1753) 665; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc. I (1925) 403 — Дългоплодна гъшарка

Fam: Cruciferae Juss. (Brassicaceae)
Genus: Arabis L.
Species: Arabis turrita L.
English Name: Tower cress

Description:

Biennial to perennial plant. The root is branched, with short, horizontal or rising shoots, from which come out sterile rosettes and one or more flower stеms. Stems erect, (20) 30 - 70 (90) cm high, simple or branched at the top, densely leafed, covered with branched and not branched hairs, sometimes red-purple at the bottom. Leaves densely covered with short starlike hairs. Basal leaves clustered in a loose rosette, elliptic, oblong ovoid or back ovate, irregularly cut or serrated, narrowed to base at long petiole, sometimes bluish below; stems numerous, 3 - 10 (12) cm long and 1 - 4 cm wide, consecutive, sessile, oblong, elliptical or lance, unevenly serrated, blunt, at the base heart-shaped, with rounded ears covering the stem. Inflorescences at first thyroid, dense, with strongly grape-elongated fruits. Blossom petioles 3 - 5 mm long, shorter than the blossoms, erect, branched, star-shaped fibrous or nearly naked. . Blossoms numerous, the lower ones with bracts. Sepals 3 - 4 (5) mm long, erect, elongate ovate to narrowly lance, with a white zippy strip on the edge, glabrous or with sparsely hairy stars, the outer ones almost without extension at the base. Petals 6 - 8 (9) mm long, twice as long as the calyx, back lance wedge-shaped, with a rounded and slightly offset petal, greenish yellow. Stamens 5 - 6 mm long. Anthers to the base slightly expanded. The petioles of the pods (3) 4 - 7 (10) mm long, erect and adherent to the axis of the inflorescence. The pods 8 - 12 (15) cm long and 2 - 2.7 mm wide, linear, flattened, with thick edges, erect at first, slightly arched curved at maturity and all horizontally deviated, unilateral, almost parallel to each other. The caps flat, above the seeds slightly convex, with a webbed vein, without a clear midrib, bare or rarely fibrous. Stem 0.5 - 2 mm long, shorter than the width of the pod. The style is spherical, no wider than the style. Seeds 2.5 - 3 mm long, rounded to ovate, flat, brown, round with a broad, dark brown leathery wing.

Flowering Time: Blooms: IV - VI.

Distribution in Bulgaria: Growing in the mountain forests, through the rocky and rocky meadows. Widespread, up to 1600 m altitude. (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.

Distribution: Western, Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, Mediterranean, Southwest Asia, Caucasus, North Africa.

Conservation status and threats: not protected species in Bulgaria by the Biodiversity Law. - Biological Diversity Act - http://eea.government.bg/bg/legislation/biodiversity/zbran_22.08.15.pdf

Medical plant: it is not medical plant - Medicinal Plants Act - http://eea.government.bg/bg/legislation/biodiversity/ZLR_en.pdf

References: „Флора на НР България”, том IV, БАН, София, (1970)

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