Characters;"B. frankenioides";"B. mevlanae";"B. huber-morathii";"B. minuartioides";"B. spergulifolius";"B. turcicus" Plants;"loosely tufted";"loosely tufted";"many branched";"many branched";"many branched";"many branched" Stems;"2–15 cm";"3–5 cm";"8–15 cm";"3–15 cm";"5–15 cm";"8–14 cm" "densely covered with glandular and eglandular hairs";puberulent;glabrous;"long eglandular hairs";"densely glandular and eglandular hairs";"densely glandular and eglandular hairs" Leaves;"2–7 mm";"2–5 mm";"5–8 mm";"3–7 mm";"5–10 mm";"6–10 mm" linear-setaceous;setaceous;subulate-setaceous;subulate;subulate;linear 1-veined;1-veined;1-veined;1-veined;1-veined;3-veined Bracts;"2/3 or as long as calyx";"2/3 or as long as calyx";"up to 1/2 as long as calyx";"2/3 or as long as calyx";"2/3 or as long as calyx";"2/3 or as long as calyx" Flowers;1–3-flowered;5–10-flowered;5–15-flowered;(5-)10–25-flowered;5–15-flowered;5–10-flowered Inflorescence;"Solitary in the axils or loose few flowered dichasial";"dense dichasial subcapitate subsessil clusters";"lax dichasial clusters";"dense dichasial subcapitate subsessil clusters";"dense dichasial subcapitate subsessil clusters";"dense dichasial subcapitate subsessil clusters" Calyx;"3–3.5 mm";"4–5 mm";"4.5–6 mm";"4–5 mm";"4.5–5.5 mm";"3.5–4.5 mm" "Calyx teeth";"0.5–0.7 mm";"1.5–2 mm";"0.7–1 mm";"0.7–1 mm";"1–1.5 mm";"1–1.5 mm" Petals;linear-cuneate;linear-oblong;linear-spatulate;linear-lanceolate;linear-oblong;linear-spatulate "5–7 mm";"5.5–6 mm";"7–8 mm";"5–7 mm";"6.5 mm";"3.3–4.5 mm" "white with purple veins";"white with purple veins";"white with purple veins";"white without purple veins";"white with purple veins";"white with purple veins" "1.5 times longer than calyx";"1.5 times longer than calyx";"1.5 times longer than calyx";"1.5 times longer than calyx";"1.5 times longer than calyx";"as long as calyx" Habitat;"alpine meadows";steppe;serpantine;"dry hills, limestone, mountain steppe";"steppe, stony places fields";"volcanic stony slopes and alpine steppe"