Sabulina umbellulifera

Subsp. fimbriata: Püsküllü tıstıs; Subsp. pontica: Canik tıstısı; Subsp. salbacica: Nazlı tıstıs; Subsp. umbellulifera: Çardak tıstısı

Like M. rimarum but up to 12 cm, glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent; leaves setaceous, ± terete to semicircular in section, 1-3-veined, the lateral veins much less prominent than the midvein, and adjacent to it; sepals lanceolate to ovate.

1. Petals oblanceolate; inflorescence never a dense umbellate cluster, pedicels 8-30 mm

  2. Flowering stems 1-2 cm, bearing 1 flowers; sepals lanceolate; seeds fimbriate on the dorsal ridge ...........................................subsp. fimbriata

  2. Flowering stems 4-11 cm, bearing 3-6 flowers; sepals ovate-lanceolate; seeds obscurely tuberculate throughout ........................subsp. pontica

1. Petals obovate

  3. Sepals lanceolate; seeds echinate on the dorsal ridge; inflorescence monochasial ....................................subsp. salbacica

  3. Sepals ovate to ovate-lanceolate; seeds obscurely tuberculate throughout ................................................subsp. umbellulifera

    3a. Inflorescence a contracted umbel; pedicels 2-8 mm; petals usually narrowly obovate ; sepals usually ovate-lanceolate ...var. umbellulifera

    3a. Inflorescence monochasial; pedicels 8- 15 mm; petals broadly obovate ; sepals ovate .............var. kurdica