Saponaria bargyliana

Hatay sabunotu

Erect perennial, glandular-hispid throughout. Stem 30-60 cm, simple or little branched, hairy, all hairs multicellular glandular-hispid, up to 1-1.5 mm. Leaves oblong-elliptic, 25-75 x 12-25 mm, acute or acuminate, shortly petiolate at the base or sessile at the upper side, distinctly 3 nerved, glabrous on the upper side and pubescent on the under side. Inflorescence compact, terminal corymbose-paniculate, shortly pedunculate, 12-42 flowered with an indumentum of long glandular hairs. Bracts herbaceous, 3 nerved, lanceolate-triangular, 3-12 x 1-3 mm, long eglandular hairy, ciliate margin. Pedicel glabrous, 0.5-1 mm. Calyx green or yellowish green, glandular, hairs only arrangement on the nerves, narrowly oblong-cylindrical, calyx length 12-21 mm, dissected calyx width 5-6 mm, 15 nerves, teeth ovate, acuminate, 4-5.5 mm. Petals pink, 20- 25 x 3-3.5 mm, obovate lamina with 2 small scales at the base and a narrow claw, scale subulate, 1.5- 2 mm. Capsule oblong-ovate, subsesile shorter than calyx. Seed 8-12. Fl. 5-7

N.Syria