Petrocoptis A. Braun

27. Petrocoptis A. Braun View in CoL 2

Perennials, woody at base. Inflorescence cymose, 1- to 10- flowered. Epicalyx absent. Calyx conical-campanulate, 10- veined. Petals 5, imbricate, long-clawed; coronal scales present; stamens 10; styles 5, opposite the sepals. Capsule dehiscing with 5 teeth opposite the calyx-teeth; carpophore present. Seeds reniform, black, with a conspicuous tuft of hairs 0-5-1 mm long at the hilum.

All the species grow on calcareous rocks in the Pyrenees and mountains of Spain.

Literature: W. Rothmaler, Bot. Jahrb. 72 (1): 117-30 (1941).

1 Plants with rosettes of leaves near the base of the flowering stems; flowers white, rarely pale purplish

2 Calyx 9-13 mm 6. crassifolia

2 Calyx 5-8 mm

3 Calyx glandular 2. viscosa 3 Calyx eglandular

4 Leaves thick, coriaceous, glaucous; petiole not ciliate; seeds

1-5 mm or more, dull 5. hispanica 4 Leaves thin, green; petiole ciliate; seeds 1 mm or less, shining 1. pyrenaica 1 Plant without rosettes of leaves on the flowering stems; flowers usually reddish or purplish

5 Calyx 7-9 mm; bracts scarious 3. glaucifolia 5 Calyx 10-13 mm; bracts leaf-like

6 Leaves thick, coriaceous, glaucous, lanceolate; seeds 1-25 mm

or more 7. pardoi 6 Leaves thin, green, ovate or broadly lanceolate; seeds 1 mm

or less 4. grandiflora