Antalya Plants

• All Species Accounts Thymbra in Antalya - Botanical Descriptions See main Thymbra page. The following are descriptions of Thymbra spicata from Morales 1987 PDF , the original language was copied without checking against scan, and a google translation provided "as is" without check; the google didn't suggest the original had typos. In due course further descriptions will be added from other works and include T. capitata, and original scans checked. Thymbra spicata Morales 1987 states : (Google Translated:) Bush up to 45 cm tall, erect, with quadrangular, ascending stems, sometimes purple or reddish, with short retrorse hairs. Leaves up to 18x3 mm, exceptionally larger, sessile, lanceolate, marked central vein, generally curled or navicular (bent by the central vein), glabrous, densely dotted with reddish spheroidal glands, the new ones emerging in axillary bunches, with cilia and spicular hairs on the margin and on the central vein. Inflorescences generall...

• All Species Accounts Thymbra in Antalya There are two Thymbra species in Turkey, T. spicata and T. capitata. They are often confused, and also with some Thymus. This provides a contrasting comparison between them. You can click the blue links to see pictures, the one under 'Head' also covers characters listed beneath. Identification • Thymbra stems have short pubescent hairs, and form bushes (neat or not) with thick woody bases. • If you have long projecting stem hairs or thin carpetting stems without a thick base, see Thymus. • "Floral Leaves (bracteoles)" are the small leafy parts among the flower head. spicata capitata Turkish Distribution S & W edges W edge & far SW, occasionally S edge generally Flower Head elongate squat Bracteoles (floral Leaves) long narrow, separated squat, overlapping (cultivated plants may be narrower than wild) purpling in sun green ≥ flower tube ≤ flower tube Flowers well gapped, forming vertical lines unif...

• All Species Accounts Ricotia in Antalya : Botanical Descriptions This is an appendix to the Ricotia ID Page primarily is to give some original descriptions for Ricotia since later descriptions are rather brief, the latin can be put into an appropriate web translation service or AI bot, but a rough English version has been provided "as is" from Google Translate which at some point I might correct. "⊙" signifies annual. Their sequence is: ANNUALS carnosula, sinuata, tenuifolia, cretica, PERENNIALS, candiriana, davisiana, varians. Ricotia carnosula 1965 Flora Of Turkey Differs from R. sinuata in its petals (10-)11-12 mm, and linear-oblong, scarcely tapered, up to 12-seeded fruits . Fl. 3-4. Rocky outcrops, s.l.-700 m. 1854 Boissier Diagnoses plantarum Orientalium novarum - Series 1 GOOGLE TRANSLATE: R. small, glaucous, stems are small from the base, very ramified and hairy, fleshy leaves are primordial, ovate, subsessile, subrectangular, red, pi...

• All Species Accounts Juniperus in Antalya Overview There are 8 Junipers that might be expected in the Antalya region (the same as in Turkey although some subtaxa are not found in Antalya), and there are some cultivated ones grown in parks. Foliage and Fruit - Generally speaking, juvenile Junipers have leaves which tend to be long and spiky, which over time transition to adult leaves that may also be long and spikey, but may be more like scales, slightly spikey or blunt. As a result, there are two ID keys here depending on what you have. It's important to look around the tree and on the ground for fruits so as to open them and do a seed count. J. foetidissima and J. sabina have a disagreeable smell to the crushed foliage, but it must be remembered people vary in their sense of smell. Scientific Names - J. oxycedrus was relatively recently split into two species based on molecular evidence, so that Turkey's J. oxycedrus subsp. oxycedrus is now J. deltoides, and su...

• All Species Accounts Ricotia in Antalya Outline There are six Ricotia in the Antalya region, 3 are higher-altitude rather squattish perennials (1000+ m: davisiana, varians, candiriana), 3 are lower-altitude upright annuals (0-1000 m: tenuifolia, carnosula, sinuata). They are Turkish endemics, with the exception that R. sinuata extends into Lebanon-Syria. A 7th, R. aucheri, is found to the farish NE of Turkey and extends into Transcaucasus ( photos ). No doubt more might be found. This document helps identify them in a friendly way, and at the end provides botanical descriptions from the literature. There is a nice map showing all the species except the later-discovered candiriana on p3 of this PDF which is worth consulting when identifying what you have. Perennials (1000-3000 m) Perennials typically have a thickened stem base, branching at or near the base, with leaves not wilting early, unless short-lived. These are low, rather squattish in appearance, with many branched ...

• All Species Accounts Galanthus (Snowdrops) in Antalya There are basically just 2 types of Galanthus expected in Antalya, both with greyish leaves. In the following the features are chosen to bring out the contrasts, and whilst links are provided to iNaturalist RG photos, not all the IDs there should be treated as correct. • elwesii - Leaves broad (10+ mm at flowering) without a mid-long white channel, which emerge with one enveloping the other (look at plant base), and mature stiffly upright with usually a hooded tip (like a rowing boat end). Tepals (petals) are on the broader side (1-1.5 cm wide). Green patch on the inner tepal is a fairly solid U at the tip, just that in the case of var. monostichus , or also with a large patch at the tepal base (rarely divided in two longitudinally) for var. elwesii . Fruiting capsule 10 mm (fairly spherical). Flowering (Dec)Feb-Apr. A P Davis writes: "I have observed two collections of G. elwesii, of known wild provenance, that have ...

Cyclamen • All Species Accounts Cyclamen in Antalya and nearby With an emphasis on leaves since often these may be all that are available. It can be very helpful to spot any recently spent flowers or coils ( example ) so that the leaf stage can be considered against the flowering timing. This is a good draft Leaf Features BEADED EDGES with many blunt thickened teeth often white, also veins quite often very delineated and looped to form cells; example graecum subsp. anatolicum - leaves during/after autumn flowers (petals eared) persicum - leaves well before autumn-spring flowers (leaves as soon as regular water) CLOSELY-TOOTHED EDGES (but not beaded) hederifolium - densely or laxly toothed, but without the beaded effect; example (pic 3) UNBEADED EDGES + any teeth not dense ( example ) SCATTERED WHITE SPOTS TOWARDS EDGE ( example ) alpinum (FOT: trochopteranthum) - untoothed to slightly, W of Antalya mostly (Flw spring) cilicicum - sometimes with? see belo...

Hyacinthella • All Species Accounts H. lazulina v H. heldreichii The following details the differences between H. lazulina v H. heldreichii using Resimli Türkiye Florası 4a (RTF4a) and Flora of Turkey vols. 8 (heldreichii) & 11 (lazulina) (FOT); details are from RTF4a except where FOT is indicated; note the difference in the reproductive organs, of which the ovary shape is the most obvious and probably also the filament thickness. H. lazulina and H. heldreichii are closely related and transitionals should be expected. The H. lazulina examples from Antalya city are visually hard to place, being wide-leaved with darkish blue flowers in the open bare positions (making you think of H. heldreichii) and narrow-leaved with lighter blue flowers in the more sheltered positions (making you think of H. lazulina), however the organs within the flower place them as H. lazulina; a lot of them have 3 leaves, and the inflorescences are somewhat dense. Bulb : 1-2 × 0.8-1 v 0.9-1.5 × 0.7-1.5 ...

Cymbalaria in the Antalya basin • All Species Accounts In the Antalya basin - 1. Cymbalaria longipes - This native is hairless well before flowering-time, even in shaded points, but when very young can have hairs on petioles and leaves (usually hairless though). When such young hairs are present, they seem to be very fine and straight-patent. (Seeds > 3.5mm, massed in a capsule that doesn't open.) Example . Note that the next one is not always hairy, or clearly so. 2. Cymbalaria acutiloba subsp. acutiloba - This native has hairs that persist into flowering when shaded and often conspicuously in the open. On the stems they are curled at maturity and also seem to be when young too though that needs more data: I have one where the young hairs seem to be straight-patent but seem rather dense to be longipes. It's clear though that the hairs are very variable with quantity and placing on stems and leaves even on the same plant and at times can seem absent, especial...