Brassicaceae

E. syriacum (L.) R. Br. in Alton, Hort. Kew, ed. 2, 4: 74 (1812). Syn: Anas-tatica syriaca L., Sp. PL, ed. 2, 895 (1763). I?: Schulz, Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 17b: f. 289, A-M (1936). Figure 11, p. 253.
Annual, 15-40 cm, usually much branched, leafy up to and including the inflorescence. Basal leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, toothed, pinnatifid or entire; upper leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, margins entire,;acute at apex. Petals 1 mm. Fruiting pedicels c. 1 x 1-1.5 mm. Fruit ± densely covered with branched white hairs, 3x1.5-2 mm, including the beak, 1-1.5 mm, which is curved away from stem. Fl. 4-6. Steppe and fields, 1400-1900 m.
Described from Syria (Hb. Linn. 821/2 & 821/3!).
Widespread but rare in the W. A5 Amasya: Amasya, 400-600 m, Bornm. 1889: 1348b. A6 Tokat: Çengel Han, Bornm. 1889: 348. A7 Gümüşane: Gümüşane, Sint. 1894: 5926. A9 Kars: nr. Kağizman (Grossheim 4: map 273). B4 Ankara: Kajas (Ayaş), 800-1000 m, Bornm. 1929: 13826. B6 Sivas: Bolucan, 1600 m, Stn. & Hend. 5270! B8 Erzurum: Erzurum, 1900 m, D. 29427! B9 Muş: Malaz-girt, 1500 m, Schischkin. C2 Antalya: Elmali, Bourgeau 1860: 21! C3 Burdur: Burdur, Heldr.! C4 Konya: Konya to Çumra, 980* m, Helbaek 2441! C5 Içel: Mersin, It. Leyd. 1959: 1005b! C6 Urfa: Birecik, Sint. 1888: 401! S. Russia, S.W. Asia and Central Asia. Although not yet recorded from Turkey, the presence of E. tenuissimum (Pall.) Fedtsch. in adjacent parts of the Transcaucasus (e.g. Yerevan) suggests that it may grow in the easternmost pro-vinces of Turkey. E. tenuissimum is readily distinguished from E. syriacum by the longer, straight beak of the fruit. It is sometimes recognised as a separate genus, Litwinowia Woron.