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(Last Modified On 5/20/2022)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 1/8/2021)
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Contributor Text:
Abdul Ghafoor, M. Qaiser & Roohi Abid
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Contributor Institution:
Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – PAKISTAN
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Synonym Text:
Jurinea ancistrophylla Boiss., Fl. Orient. Suppl. 310. 1888; R.R. Stewart, l.c. 756; Saussurea leptophylla Hemsl. var. nuristanica (Bornm.) Lipsch. and var. tschitralensis (Bornm.) Lipsch.Nov. Syst. Pl. Vasc. Leningrad 1: 339 1964; J. tschitralensis Bornm, Feddes Repert. Beih. 108 (1): 51. 1938; Stechmannia tschitralensis (Bornm.) Soják, Nov.. Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1962: 48. 1962; Jurinea nuristanica Bornm. l.c. 108 (1): 1938; Saussurea nuristanica (Bornm.) Rech. f., Dan. Biol. Skr. 8 (2): 179. 1955.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: July – September
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Type:
Holotype: Pakistan, Gilgit, Shah Salim, 9700 ft., 22.9.85, G.M.J. Giles 176 (K–000372741).
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Distribution:
Afghanistan and Pakistan (Chitral and Kashmir)
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
Grows on grassy and stony slopes, monte steppe, between large boulders and rock crevices from 2200 to 3000 m.
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Map Location:
A-6 Chitral Dist.:In Ojor Valley, near Zusum, in glareosis granite, 2700 m, Kerstan 1583 (HAL, Isotype of Jurinea tschitralensis Bornm); Gobor, Lutko Valley, NW of Chitral, Pl. 4 ft., base of plant surrounded by dead stems, Fls. mauve, 2700 m, 14. 9. 58, J. D. A. Stainton 3252 (A, UPS, BM, E & GH); Chitral, Uthul to Zani Pass, alt. 2800 m, stony slope, SE side, 06. 08. 1993, T. Peer s. n. (MSB # 141369); NE Hindukush, upper Chitral, Yarkhun, East of Tirich Mir, Zani Pass S, Turkho Valley-Tirich Gol, 36˚ 19ˊ N, 72˚ 10ˊ E, alt. 2750 m, 22. 9. 1995, B. Dickoré 13513 (MSB # 141366); Goshkal, Chitral, 2500 m, on rocky shale, 5.7.77, Hakim Khan s.n. (RAW); Chitral, Hassan-ud-Din 89 (RAW); Chitral-Molikhoo, Shahgroom Terich, 43˚ 23' 80 ˊ E, 40˚ 50' 48ˊ N, steep rock slope, alt. 2967 m, perennial, 20 inches high, Fls. Pinkish-purple, infrequent, 13 Aug. 2007, Haidar Ali 7038 (KUH); C–6/7 Kurram Dist.: Hariab, 2400 – 2700 m, Aitchison 386 (Type of Jurinea ancistrophylla Boiss.); N-Pakistan, Chitral, Uthul, to Zani Pass, 2800 m, stony slope, 06.08.1993, T. Peer s.n. (MSB #141368); Tehsil Mulkho, Mulkho Valley, Uthul, 2800 m, monte steppe, 01.07.1997, M. Nüsser 2503 (MSB); Chitral-Torikhoo, Akher Kaflesht Noorkhord, undulating slope, alt. 2306 m, 36º 18ʹ 08ʺ E, 72º 19ʹ 16ʺ N, Perennial herb, 18 inches tall, rare, 13 August 2005, Haidar Ali 2665 (KUH); Chitral-Molikhoo, Parsing Tirich, 36º 19ʹ 18ʺ E, 72º 04ʹ 15ʺ N, alt. 2800 m, undulating stony gentle slope, perennial herb, 14 inches high, Fls. light purple, infrequent, 7 August 2005, Haidar Ali 2557 & 2557A (KUH); Chitral, Pasti, 42º 76ʹ 88ʺ E, 39º 97ʹ 35ʺ N, alt. 2477 m, perennial herb, 21 inches high, Fls. Light purple, rare, grows in rock crevices, 2 July 2007, Haidar Ali 6448 (KUH); Chitral-Molikhoo, Shahgroom Terich, steep rock slope, alt. 2967 m, 43º 23ʹ 80ʺ E, 40º 25ʹ 48ʺ N, perennial herb, 20 inches high, fls. pinkish purple, infrequent, 13 August 2007, Haidar Ali 7038 (KUH); Chitral-Molikhoo, Attahk Terich, alt. 3471 m, 43º 30ʹ 94ʺ E, 40º 25ʹ 81ʺ N, steep rock slope,perennial herb, 18 inches high, Fls. Purple, 14 August 2007, Haidar Ali 7082 (KUH).
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Erect, 30 – 60 (-75) cm tall, somewhat woody, ± glabrous perennial, green shrublet. Stems many, thin, virgately much branched from woody rootstock, branches ascending, densely leafy all over, internodes striate, sparsely puberulous to glabrescent. Leaves monomorphic, sessile, lower ones often ± fascicled in leaf axils, upper erect to ± spreading, all narrowly linear, 10 – 15 mm long, 1– (–2) mm wide, entire, convolute-margined, acute. Capitula usually solitary, pedunculate, bracteate, terminal at shoot apices. Involucre narrowly funnel-shaped campanulate or turbinate, 10 – 15 mm long, pale-green and sometimes purple, puberulous to glabrescent. Phyllaries (5–) 6 – 7–seriate, rigid, outer narrowly ovate, inner linear-lanceolate, 6.5 – 8 mm long, 2.5 – 3 mm broad, stiff, acute-acuminate. Receptacular bristles linear, more or less twice as long as cypselas. Corolla pink, 10 – 12 mm long, limb as long as tube, lobes linear, ca 3 mm long. Cypselas linear, 4 (-5) mm long, ± quadrangular, dark brown, glabrous, with apical dentate-lacerate crownlet. Pappus white, inner bristles ca 10 mm long, shortly plumose, basally connate; outer bristles 3 – 4 mm long.
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