Caryophyllaceae
Saponaria

Saponaria tridentata Boiss.

First published in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 17 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central & E. Türkiye to N. Iraq. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2016) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 1: Elatinaceae to Sphenocleaceae.

Morphology General Habit
Annual divaricately branched herb, 10–20 cm, with a dense indumentum of long glandular hairs covering the entire plant except for the lower leaves
Morphology Leaves
Leaves oblong or linear, shortly petiolate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence loose, many-flowered
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
Pedicels erect-spreading, longer, rarely shorter, than calyces
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 9–11 mm, narrowly cylindrical with very short acute teeth, thickly covered with long, capitate glandular hairs
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals pink to reddish pink, ± 13 mm, with an obovate lamina deeply divided into 3 (or 5) linear-triangular lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule oblong, slightly longer than calyx.
Ecology
Rocky slopes, fallow fields; alt. 1± 000 m;
Phenology
Flowering: May–Jun.
Distribution
Iraq: One doubtful record from the border area between Turkey and Iraq. Turkey.
[FIQ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0