Published In:
Species Plantarum 2: 779. 1753. (1 May 1753) ( Sp. Pl.)   
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(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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Flower/Fruit
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Fl. Per.: March-June.
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Type
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Type: Described from Europe, Herb. Linn. 933/10 (LINN).
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Distribution
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Distribution: Pakistan; Kashmir; India, Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Europe, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali Republic, Tanganyika and Kenya.
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Map Location
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B-6 8 miles from Lowari Top towards Dir, sandy clay loam, M. Qaiser & A.Ghafoor 1807 (KUH); 13 miles from Dir on way to Darosh, Sultanul Abedin 7895 (KUH); Kurram Valley, Parachinar, 5000-6000 ft., 24-25.4.1957, R.R. Stewart (K); Chitral, Drosh, 4500 ft., S.M. Toppin 210 (K); Chitral, Brimbret, 5000 ft., 29.7.1954, M.A. Siddiqi & A. Rahman (RAW); Dir, Lowari top, 9000 ft., Y. Nasir 4949 (RAW); B-7 Abbottabad, weed in cult. field, 11.4.1952, S.M.H. Jafri (BM); Swat, Kalam, Saddaruddin s.n. 5.9.1966 (KUH) ; Between Kaghan and Naran S.A. Faruqi & M. Qaiser 3332 (KUH); 8 miles from Murree on way to Muzaffarabad, S.A. Faruqi & M. Qaiser 2952 (KUH); Murree, 7000 ft., Sultanul Abedin 868 (KUH); 1 mile from Nathiagali on way to Murree, clay loam, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 2060 (KUH); Utror, Swat, Sultanul Abedin 8442 (KUH); Abbottabad, Sultanul Abedin 2962 (KUH); Leepa, Leepa valley, Dist. Muzaffarabad, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 5033 (KUH); Baltistan, Skardu, 8000 ft., R.R. Stewart s.n. 5.8.1940 (RAW); Gilgit Expedition, Bangalla, 9500 ft., Giles 89 (K); Sind Valley, Duthie (K); Balti, Saling (on the right side of the Shayok opposite Kapalu) to Hushe (on the Tsetanga river), 13-15.7.1854, Schlagintweit (BM); Sonamarg, 8500 ft, C.B. Clarke 30916 (BM); B-8 Kashmir, Pahlgam, R.R. & I.D. Stewart 5734 (RAW); Sonamarg, R.R.Stewart 6647 (RAW); B-9 Gya, Ladak, R.R. Stewart s.n. Aug. 1913 (RAW); C-7 Rawalpindi Dist.: Roschum, Murree, R.R. & I.D. Stewart 6156 (RAW); D-4 Near Urak, Quetta, c. 5500 ft., M. Qaiser 35 (KUH); Quetta, 5500 ft., Rafiq Ahmad s.n. 21.7.1962 (KUH); Near water, Urak, sandy clay, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1346 (KUH); Ziarat, Sultanul Abedin 3280 (KUH); Ziarat, 8400 ft., Y.Nasir & Zaffar Ali 5801 (RAW); Baluchistan: Universal, 5000-8000 ft., Helen Crookshank 75 (K); E-4 Rest House lawn, Sorab, sandy clay loam, M. Qaiser, 1226 (KUH); Shahi Bagh, Kalat, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 7043 (KUH); G-4 Karachi, University Campus, Abrar Hussain s.n. 2.2.1970 (KUH); Sewage Farm, Karachi, A.A. Qureshi s.n. 18.2 1957 (KUH).
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Annual or perennial. Stem prostrate or ascending, up to 60 cm Tong, pubescent, hairs simple or glandular. Petiole up to 2.5 cm long. Leaflets 5-20 mm long, 4-8 mm broad, obovate, cuneate, retuse to obcordate, apiculate, serrate in the upper half; stipules cordate, dentate. Inflorescence an axillary, pedunculate raceme, peduncle 2.5-4 cm long. Bracts c. 0.5 mm long. Pedicel c. 1 mm long. Calyx 1-1.5 mm long, pubescent, teeth almost equal to slightly longer than the tube. Corolla 2.5-3 mm long, yellow. Fruit 2-3 mm, curved through 180°, sparsely pubescent to glabrescent, black, 1-seeded.
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