Published In:
Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 2: 423. 1786. ( Encycl.)
(Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
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Contributor Text:
A. RADCLIFFE-SMITH
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. & Fr. Per.: Feb.-May (plains), June-Ian. (foothills and mountains).
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Type:
Holotype: East Indies, Sonnerat s.n. (P-LA!).
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Distribution:
Distribution: Africa, Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, India, China. On clayey, sandy or slightly saline soils, dry or waterlogged, in open grassland or shady Poplar forest, on river-banks, by roadsides, in cultivated fields and in abandoned cultivations; near sea-level to 5000'/1524 m.
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Illustration:
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Map Location:
B-6 Dir: Dir, 7.Oct. 1964, Dr, Salim 88 (K); B6/7 Dir: Pankjora, 8 Jul. 1895, Surg.-Lt. Harris 16612 (BM); B-7 Swat: Beharam, 11 Jun. ? yr. ? coll. 1573 (KUH); Mingora, 10 Aug. 1952, R.R. Stewart 24249 (RAW); Thana, 15 Aug. 1964, E. Nasir & M.A. Siddiqi 2914 (RAW); 22 km. Mingora - Kalam, 20 Aug. 1972, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4649 (KUH); Hazara: Batal, Saran Range, 1 Sept. 1899, Duthie s.n. (K); Batrasi Pass, Kashmir - Hazara road, Jul. 1934, R.R. Stewart 14124 (RAW); Mansehra, 27 Oct. 1963, E. Nasir 1828 (RAW); 3 km. Abbottabad - Nathiagali, 4 Oct. 1970, S.A. Faroogi & M. Qaiser 3422 (KUH); Hazara: Badalpur, nr. Khanpur, 15 Aug. 1971, M.A. Siddiqi & Y. Nasir 6971 (RAW); Abbottabad, 21 Aug. 1971, Sultan-ul-Abedin & M. Qaiser 9173 (KUM); C-6 Kurram: Kurram, Aitchison 461 (fide Stewart); Khyber: Tirah, no date, Duthie 135 (K); Peshawar: Cherat, Sept. 1946, V.K. Mal sn. (RAW); S. Waziristan: Jandola, Fernandez 640 (fide Stewart); C-7 Campbellpore/Attock: Taxila, 19 Sept. 1962, E. Nasir. & M.A. Siddiqi 1462 (RAW); Rawalpindi hills above Islamabad, 30 Jun. 1971, Y. Nasir 6844 (RAW); Islamabad, Oct. 1971, Y. Nasir 6327 (RAW); Jhelum: Kutiam (Kotian), 31 Aug. 1969, Saida Qureshi 163 (KUH); Sargodha/Gujrat: Malakwal, (Malahwal), 13 Oct. 1902, Mulchand 14733 (K); Miani, 19 Oct. 1902, Mulehand 14732 (K); C-8 Punch: Punch [Poonch] , 8 Jan. 1953, A. Rashid Khan 105 (RAW): ? C-8: ‘Banks of the Chenab’, Oct. 1846, T. Thomson s.n. (K); C-8 Udhampur: Kishtwar, 20 Sept. 1876, C.B. Clarke 31448A (BM); 31448 C (K); D-8 Lahore: Lahore, Sept. 1846, T. Thomson s.n. (K); E-5 Jacobabad: c. 3 km. Daulatpur - Sukkur, 17 May 1972, Sultan-ui-Abedin & Abrar Hussain 9478 (KUH): F-5 Hyderabad: Sakrand, ? coll. 54 (RAW); G-2 Makran: Turbat, 12 Feb. 1969, Dr. S.I. Ali, Dr. S.A. Farooqi & Sultan-ul-Abedin 886 (KUH); 1 Apr. 1971, Sultan-ul-Abedin & Abrar Husain 6521 (KUH).
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A decumbent-ascending, suberect or erect sparingly puberulous or pubescent annual herb up to 60 cm; hairs small, mostly unicellular, white. Petioles 1-2 mm long. Leaf-blades elliptic-oblong, (0.5-) 1-3 x (03-) 0.5-1.5 cm, obtuse, obliquely rounded at the base, senulale except at the base on the inner margin, subtriplinerved, green above, paler beneath. Stipules interpetiolar, triangular, often fimbriate or laciniate, 1.5 mm long. Cyathia aggregated together into loose clusters terminating short axillary shoots; cyathial glands purplish, with white or pale pink orbicular petaloid appendages. Fruits trigonous, 1.5 x 2 mm, smooth, sparingly pubescent or glabrous. Seeds 1 x 0.8 mm, ovoid, roundly-quadrangular, shallowly rugulose to almost smooth, grey, ecarunculate.
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