Herniaria incana Lam. Kabayaran (in Turkish)

Herniaria incana Lam. - Kabayaran (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Perennial with a stout woody stock, stems mostly 10−25 cm, densely pubescent with stiffly spreading or somewhat deflexed hairs. Leaves up to 12 × 3 mm, oblanceolate to spathulate, the upper ones at least 3 × longer than broad, densely covered with stiff whitish hairs; stipules usually hairy on the outer surface. Flowers 1.5−2 mm, in ± contiguous clusters. Sepals 5, covered with stout, whitish, stiffly spreading hairs. Stamens 5. Fruit shorter than, and completely enclosed by, the sepals, with a subsessile stigma of 2 widely divergent lobes.

Flowering time: May−August.

Habitat: Dry and stony places, s.l.−2285 m.

Public Description:

Herniaria incana, commonly known as “kabayaran” in Turkish, is distributed in Europe, Northwest Africa, West Syria and Anatolia. It is a perennial herb with yellowish-green flowers and grows up to 25 cm in length. It blooms between May and August and is found in dry and stony places. In traditional medicine, plant with antioxidant properties have been used to treat various conditions.

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=1731 / /, Accessed date: 14.02.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2018). http://bora.uib.no/bitstream/handle/1956/6181/94939115.pdf;sequence=1, Accessed date: 28.03.2018.

Aslan S (2012). Herniaria L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 342–343.