Aethionema fimbriatum

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Perennial, c. 30 cm, woody at base, flowering stems simple, glabrous, glaucous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, thickish, indistinctly nerved, sessile or subpetiolate, margin entire, cartilaginous-papillose. Petals pink, 7x2 mm. Filaments neither connate nor toothed; anthers apiculate. Ovary 2-locular, each loculus 2-ovuled. Fruiting pedicels recurved, 6-11 mm. Siliculae broadly ovate or suborbicular, cordate or attenuate at base, 9-12 x6-10 mm; septum 8x3 mm; wings often purplish, deeply fimbriate, 2-3 mm; sinus 1-2-3 mm; style 3-4 mm. Seeds 2, finely granulate, slightly mucilaginous. Fl. 1-7. Rocky slopes, 2300-2700 m.

Iraq, W., C. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.