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(Last Modified On 5/8/2022)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 1/17/2022)
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Contributor Text:
Roohi Abid, M. Qaiser & Rubina Abid
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Contributor Institution:
Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – Pakistan and Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi
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Synonym Text:
Aster bellidioides Buch.–Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 177. 1825; Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 2: t. 101. 1831; Cat. 102, n. 2978. 1831; Stenactic bellidioides (Buch–Ham. ex D. Don) Nees, Art. 274. 1832; DC., Prodr. 5: 299. 1836; Erigeron bellidioides (Buch.–Ham. ex D. Don) C. B. Clarke var. khasicom C. B. Clarke, l.c.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: May–September
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Type:
Type: Hab in Nepalia superior, Hamilton (BM!).
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Distribution:
Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bhutan.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
This Himalayan element is quite common,, grows between 2000–3500 m above sea level, near cultivated fields and moist places.
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Map Location:
A–7 Chitral Distt.: Laram, Chitral, 13.9.1895, J. F. Duthie 17260 (K); Brir, Chitral, 5000’, M.A. Siddiqui & A. Rahman 26819 (RAW); A–8 Gilgit Distt.: in immediate neighbourhood of Nagyr (Nagar) town, 7700 ft., 1892, W. M. Conway 58 & 60 (K); Rupal Nullah, Gilgit agency, ± 8000ʹ, E. Nasir & G.L. Webster 6499 (RAW); Lower Naltar, Gigit, erect perennial herb, up to 9ʺ tall, light purple, ray florets, ± 2800 m, common, Jan Alam & Qasim Ali 1869 (KUH); Naltar Bala, erect perennial herb, up to ˂ 35 cm tall, purple ray florets, yellow disc florets, ± 3200 m, common, 20.7.2004, Jan Alam & Naeem Khan 2728 (KUH); B–7 Swat Distt.: Near Madian, on dry rocky hills, many erect stems from base, rays blue, ca 5000 ft., 15 August 1952, R. J. Rodin 5530 (K); Bahrein, ±5000’, 16.7.1953, 25064 (RAW); Sho Nala, 20.8.1955, A. Rahman 2 (RAW); Hazara Distt.: Kagan valley, Hazara, 29.7.1896, Inayat 19724 (RAW); ibid, 6.8.1896, Inayat 19724 a (RAW); Kagan valley, 9000 ft., 6.8.1896, Inayat 19723 (K); B–8 Astor Distt.: Skardu, ± 8000 ft., 6.8.1940, R. R. Stewart 20437 (RAW); Dishken forest on way to Astor, erect perennial herb, common, 6.8.2005, Ali Noor 112 (KUH); Peer route village near cultivated field, erect perennial herb, flowers purple, on sandy loam, common, 28.8.2005, Ali Noor 185 (KUH); B–9 Baltistan Distt.: Base Camp, Husho valley, 12000 ʹ, 5.7.1955, E. Nasir & G.L. Webster 5968 (RAW); Kashmir: Ramoo, 6000 ft., Kashmir, 10.7.1876, C. B. Clarke 28495 (K); Hirpoor, Kashmir, 8000 ft., 9.7.1876, C. B. Clarke 28715 (K); Badrawar, Kashmir, 8500 ft., C. B. Clarke 31451 (K); Domail above Minimarg, pale ligules, 10000 ft., R. R. Stewart 22193 (K); Rattan Pir, 7000 ft., J. R. Drumond 13881 (K); Sind valley, Kashmir, 8–9000 ft., 19.8.1893, J. F. Duthie 13652 (BM); Gulmarg Kashmir, 8500 ft., 27.8.1919, H. H. Rich 1331 (K); Gulmarg, flowers Pale bluish purple, 9000 ft., 2.9.1922, B. Conventy 657 (K); Baltal, Kashmir, 9500 ft., 7.7.1919, H. H. Rich 1143 (K); Pattan Pir 7000 ft., J. R. Drumond 13881 (K); dry hill sides, ± 8500 ft., ligules lavender, R. R. Stewart 21713 (K); C–5 Razmak, Wazirastan, 6000–7000 ft., 1929, Lester–Garland s.n. (K); C–7 Rawalpindi Distt.: Murree, wayside, common, 1914, E. M. Sanndérs 9 (K); Upper Topa (Murree Hills), July 1920, Major J. H. Barbour s.n. (BM); Gharial, Murree Hills, 6500 ft., Sept. 24, 1918, R. R. Stewart 4115 ( RAW); Murree, 7000 ft., flowers pale yellow, May 1921, R. R. Stewart 6148 (K & RAW); Near Rosenhiem, Murree, ray florets white, 6500 ft., 17.5.1952, R. J. Rodin 5348 (K & RAW); near Sunny Bank, Murree, hill base, common, 15.6.1959, Jafri & Ali 3072 (K).
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Perennial herbs. Stem 10–15 (–35) cm tall, slender, grooved, sparingly branched, glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent. Basal leaves in rosette, ± spathulate–oblanceolate or oblong, 4–7 cm long (including petiole), 0.7–1.2 cm wide, entire–coarsely toothed, acute, glabrous–sparsely pubescent, cauline leaves obovate, lanceolate–oblong, 2–3 cm long, 0.5–1 cm wide, acute, sessile, entire–crenate, uppermost leaves narrower, 0.8–1.5 cm long, 0.2–0.4 cm wide, linear, acuminate. Capitula usually solitary, sometimes few, 1.5–2.0 (–2.25) cm across. Involucre (0.7–) 1–1.5 cm in diameter. Phyllaries 2–seriate, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, outer phyllaries 3–4 mm long, 0.6–1 mm wide, lanceolate, acute, inner ones 5–6 mm long, ca 0.5 mm wide, linear–lanceolate, acuminate, scarious. Ray florets 50–100, purplish–lilac or pink, (5–) 8–10 mm long, ca 0.5 mm wide. Female eligulate florets absent. Disc florets yellow, 3–4 mm long, tube 1–1.5 mm long, limb 2–2.5 mm long including ca 0.4 mm long lobes. Cypselas 1.5–2.5 (–3) mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, oblong, brown, somewhat silky sericeous, hilum basal. Outer bristles of pappus 0.3–0.5 mm long, inner ones 4–4.5 (–6) mm long, reddish brown–whitish.
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