Published In:
Species Plantarum 1: 171–172. 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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Contributor Text:
YASIN J. NASIR
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: March-April.
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Type:
Holotype: Described from W. Europe (LINN 225/1!).
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Distribution:
Distribution: W. Europe, W. & E. Mediterranean, Balkans, Turkey, Soviet C. Asia, India, Pakistan, China.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
The species is found in moist places, along streams and springs from 300-2000 m. Variable as to the size of the plant. Specimens from Kallar Kahar (Chakwal Dist.) are larger and with terminal racemes up to 25.5 cm long, the leaves are on the average larger, being up to 70 x 30 mm in size. Collection no. 1493 from Sanjaur, Baluchistan also has large leaves, the largest being 105 x 40 mm.
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Map Location:
Dir: B-6 Barawal Banda, S.A. Khan 2001 (PPFI-B); Peshawar Dist.: Sarada-ka, Duthie 18910 (RAW); B-7 Swat: Buner, M.A. Khan 64 B (PPFI-M); Waziristan: C-5 near Wana, along stream, 1400 m, M.G. Marwat s.n. (PPFI-B); C-7 Hasanabadal Dist.: Wah, near stream, R.R. Stewart 9524 (RAW, K); Hazara Dist.: Sual Gali, M.A. Siddiqi & M. Shah 906 (ISL); Gabnool, Shaukat & Nisar 784 (ISL); Oghi, Shaukat & Nisar 491 (ISL); Rawalpindi Dist.: C-7 Dhamyal, R. Singh 123 (RAW); Chakwal Dist.: Kallar Kahar, R.R. Stewart 340 (RAW); id., flowers white, E. Nasir & M.A. Siddiqi 30 (RAW); Kashmir: C-7 Kotli, 3-4000', wet soil, July 1953, R. Khan s.n. (RAW); Nar, ± 3000', R.R. Stewart 25841 (BM); Nawal Nadi, 19.4.1952, R.R. Stewart & E. Nasir s.n. (RAW); Leepa, Jan Mohd. 546 (ISL); Azad Kashmir, flowers white, Jan Mohd. 6924 (RAW); Nar-Kotli rd., ± 3000', by spring, R.R. Stewart & E. Nasir 25841 (RAW); near spring, above Danoi, plant with runners, ± 4000', Y. Nasir & Nazir s.n. (RAW); Lethrar-Kotli rd., 7th mile, near moist place on slopes, Y. Nasir & Nazir s.n. (RAW); above Kohala, 3000', R.R. Stewart 14849 (US); Baluchistan: D-4 Quetta, ± 4000', Z. Ali 5744 (RAW); near race course, Quetta, J. Sinclair 2783 (E); Loralai, M. Nath 2043 (RAW); Sanjaur, in garden, near Loralai, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1493 (KUH); Ghuzdar, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 7192 (KUH); Gumbaz, Quetta, K.H. Rechinger 20096 (W); Gumbaz-Barkhan J. Lamond 1361 (E); Talori, Lace 3368 (E); G-2 Makran, S. Baluchistan, J. Lamond 627 (W).
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Annual (8-) 10-37 (-64) cm tall. Stem solitary or several from the base, branches ascending, sometimes rooting at the nodes. Basal leaves in rosettes, larger ones (including petiole) 3.5-7 (-20.5) x 1-2 (-4) cm, elliptic-oblong or oblong-obovate, obtuse, cuneate; cauline leaves alternate, smaller and often acutish, margin narrowly hyaline, entire to ± wavy. Flowers white, in axillary and terminal racemes; racemes 3.5-23.5 (-25.5) cm long, often interrupted. Pedicel 7-16 (-21) mm long, slender, slightly curved in fruit; bracteole 1.4-3 mm long, narrow ovate or elliptic-ovate. Calyx 1.5-2 mm long, shallow cupular; lobes 1.5 mm long, ovate, acute or subacute. Corolla exceeding the calyx, tube short and broadly tubular, limb 3 mm broad; lobes 1.5 mm long, oblong or obovate, towards apex entire to wavy, minutely papillose. Stamens c. 1.1 mm long, anthers suborbicular, base cordate, filaments glabrous; staminodes linear. Ovary globose-depressed, style less than 1 mm long, stigma subcapitate. Capsule globose, included, 3-3.5 mm broad. Seeds less than 0.5 mm, angled, minutely tuberculate, brown.
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