View source for Biology:Cherleria handelii

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|genus = Cherleria
|species = handelii
|authority = (Mattf.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb.
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO>{{cite web |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77162313-1 |title=''Cherleria handelii'' (Mattf.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb. |date=2023 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref>
|synonyms = ''Minuartia handelii'' <small>Mattf.</small>
}}

'''''Cherleria handelii''''', or '''Handei-Maceti's sandwort''', is a [[Biology:Perennial plant|perennial plant]] of the family [[Biology:Caryophyllaceae|Caryophyllaceae]]. It is a stenoendemic from the mountain Čvrsnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref name="cs">{{cite book|author= Šilic Č.|year=1990|title=Endemične biljke – Endemic plants, 3rd Edition|publisher=Svjetlost|place= Sarajevo|isbn=86-01-02557-9}}</ref>

==Description==
''Cherleria handelii'' is a [[Biology:Perennial plant|perennial plant]] subsided in the humus drilling, length up to about 15 (-20) cm. The [[Earth:Tree|stems]] are covered with dense [[Biology:Leaf|leaves]], which can be subsided or standing. Opposite are sitting, with sleeve, triangular to a barrel. At the bottom are a bit dull, with slightly rough and a little eyelashed edges.

It blooms in June and July. [[Biology:Flower|Flower]]s are individual, with a large, cylindrical cup, which is at the base as well as cut down. Length is about 4-4.5&nbsp;mm, naked or slightly hairy at the base. [[Biology:Petal|Petal]]s cups are linear-oblong, about 4-4.5&nbsp;mm long, and about 1.8 to 2&nbsp;mm wide. At the top are rounded. In the [[Religion:Rosary|rosary]], the petals are oblong, essentially wedge-shaped, long up to about 5&nbsp;mm, and about 1.8 to 2&nbsp;mm wide. Exceed [[Biology:Sepal|sepal]]s in [[Biology:Flower|flower]]s are in the 10 [[Biology:Stamen|stamen]], and pistil has a 2-3 door (exceptionally more).

[[Biology:Fruit|Fruit]] is a quiver, cylindrical to egg-conical, about 4-4.5&nbsp;mm long, diameter of 1.8–2&nbsp;mm, with 3 (4) of the flap. [[Biology:Seed|Seed]]s are spherically-kidneys, width 1.2-1.5&nbsp;mm and about 1-1.2&nbsp;mm high.

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[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]

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