Published In:
Species Plantarum 2: 830. 1753. (1 May 1753) ( Sp. Pl.)   
|
(Last Modified On 5/16/2022)
|
|
Acceptance
:
Accepted
|
|
(Last Modified On 1/14/2021)
|
|
Contributor Text:
Abdul Ghafoor
|
|
Contributor Institution:
Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – PAKISTAN
|
|
Synonym Text:
Kentrophyllum lanatum (L.) DC. in DC. & Duby in Bot. Gaill. ed. 2, 1: 293. 1828.
|
|
Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: May – July Vern.: Pohli, Kantiari, Kandiari,
|
|
Type:
Lectotype: Described from France, Italy and Crete, Löfling 610a, Herb. Linn. 973.2 (LINN) (fide Hanelt in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 67: 136. 1963).
|
|
Distribution:
South Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan
|
|
Comment/Acknowledgements:
Commonly grows in sandy clay soils containing pebbles and stones in Pakhtoonkhwa (NWFP) province, Kashmir, between 1500-2000 m asl.
The plant is sudorofic, febrifuge and anthelmintic. The seed oil is yellowish and used medicinally.
|
|
Map Location:
B-7 Dir Dist.: near Oach, c. 5 km from Chakdara on road to Timargara, erect, spiny herb, annual, fls. yellow, 70 – 80 cm tall, 15.6.87, A. Ghafoor & S. Omer 2322 (KUH); Chitral Dist.: Drosh, ± 4500 ft., herb, erect, heads green, common, soil stony, 21.7.1977, Muqarrab Shah & Dilawar Khan 2552 (A & ISL); Chitrol, Drosh, 4500 ft. June 1908, Major S. M. Toppin 390 (K); Peshawar University Campus, 25.5.78, S. Nazimuddin & S. Abedin 1190 (KUH); Swat Dist.: 11 miles from Saidu Sharif on way to Kalam, Fls. pale yellow, sandy clay soil, 27.7.71 S. Abedin 8279 (KUH); Peshawar Dist.: Inter Jugam Kohat 33º 37´ N, 71º 40´ E, et Peshawar 34º 01´ N, 71º 40´ E, alt. 500 m, 13. 6. 1965, K. H. Rechinger 30994 (B!, W, K); Swat State, Near Saidu Sharif village, alt. 3500 ft., among cultivated valleys and Hills of sparse vegetation, 10 August 1952, R. J. Rodin 5400 (K); Scinde Valley, ± 6000 ft.,August 1917, R. R. & I. D. Stewart 3499 (KUH); NWFP (now KPK), Spensarg, 1200 ft., 25.4.1908, H.A. Deane 72 (K); Hazara Dist.: Saran Range, Shinkyari, 4.6.99, J. F. Duthie s. n. (K); B-8 Srinagar, 19. 7. 1902, J. R. Drummond 14333 (K); Kashmir, Reg. Temp. 5 – 6000 ft., T. T s. n. (K); Kashmir, Falconer 603 (K); Kashmir, Jacquemont 617 (K); Kangan, Scinde Valley, 6000 ft., field weed, Fls. yellow, July 20, 1922, R. R. Stewart 7149 (K); Kashmir, Avantipur, 17.7.02, J. R. Drummond 14345 A (K); Bawan-ashmaka, 6600 ft., 3.7.02, J. R. Drummond 13998 (K); Kashmir, Sruapore (probably Sopore), 5200 ft., 27 July 1919, H. H. Rich 1202 (K).
|
|
Erect, up to 1 m tall, cymosely or dichotomously branched, sparsely to densely arachnoid villous, straw coloured stems. Leaves green, papillate-viscid, coriaceous, basal and lower lyrately dissected into acute, spiny lobes, 3 – 6 cm long, 1 – 2 cm wide (excluding spines), upper gradually smaller, oblong-ovate with shallow to deeply spiny lobes, amplexicaul, oblong-ovate, with shallow to deeply spiny lobes, conspicuously veined, acuminate. Capitula solitary, terminal, 2.5 – 3.5 (- 4) cm long, 1.5 – 2.5 cm across. Outer phyllaries leaf-like, ovate-lanceolate, 2.5 – 4 cm long, pinnately prickly dented, erect to spreading or ± spreading, or ± recurved; median usually with ovate, purplish appendage; inner ones narrowly ovate-lanceolate, 2 – 2.5 cm long, 3 – 4 mm wide, shorter than florets, entire, scarious, gradually acuminate. Florets yellow, subtended by 8 – 10 mm long bristles. Corolla tube 1.5 – 2 cm long. Cypselas ± ovate, almost compressed, 4-angled, 4 – 5 mm long, mottled, lustrous. Pappus scales very short on outer cypselas, 2 – 3 times as long as in median, almost reduced or absent in innermost cypselas.
|