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Published In: Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany 2(10): 264. 1961. (Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot.) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 5/13/2022)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 8/22/2020)
Contributor Text: S. Abedin
Contributor Institution: Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – Pakistan
Flower/Fruit:

Fl. Per.:June – July
Type:

Holotype: Pakistan: Chitral, Gokhir, 3000 m, 12.6.1958, Bowes Lyon 898 (BM).
Distribution:

Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Iran and Afghanistan.

A high altitude plant occurs between 3000-4000 m on grassy land, bank of canals.
Map Location:

A-7 Chitral Dist.:, Gohkir, flowers pale yellow, on edge of bog, 3000 m, 12.6.1958, Bowes Lyon 898 (BM); B-9 Skardu Dist.: Rimochagma nullah,13000', 19.7.1892, J. F. Duthie 12149 (K); Kashmir N. Khardong valley, on grass soil along bank canals, 14000', 14.6.1926, R. C. Clifford 13 (K); Baltistan, Karakorum:  Baintha, 4000 m, 19.7.1962, H. Hartmann 1464 (KUH).

 

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Small glabrous herb, up to 10 cm tall. Leaves long 7 – 12  x 1 – 1.5 cm, lanceolate to oblanceolate, entire to deeply lobed, terminal longer, glabrous, petiole pinkish, broadly winged. Scapes 2-µ, hairy above, 3 – 10  cm long. Involucre 10 x 5 mm, phyllaries corniculate, outer ovate, appressed, with scarious margin. Capitulum 1.5 cm across; ligules yellowish. Anthers not polleniferous. Styles and stigmas yellow. Cypselas stramineous, c. 3 mm long, gradually tapering into c. 0.6 mm long, conical cone, spinuloe above; beak c. 3 mm long, white to brown; pappus c. 4 mm long, white.

 
 
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