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Cousinia prolifera Jaub. & Spach

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Contributor Text: Abdul Ghafoor, M. Qaiser & Roohi Abid

Contributor Institution: Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – PAKISTAN

Synonym Text:

C. calcitropiformis Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 2: 75, tab. 157. 1845; C. minuta Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. Nov. Ser. 1, 6:117. 1846; Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 489. 1875; Clarke, Comp. Ind. 213. 1876; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 : 359. 1881; Burkill, Pl. Baluch. 41. 1909; Bamber, Pl. Punj. 367. 1916; Kashyap, Lahore Dist. Fl. 142. 1936; Chaudhary, Fl. Lyallpur 172. 1969; Kitamura, Fl. Afgh. 414. 1960; Tschern. in Schisch. & Bobrov, Fl. USSR 27: 318. 1998 (Engl. Trans.); C. aralensis Bunge, Mém. Sav. Etrang. Acad. Petersburg, 7: 178. 1851 et in Mém. Acad. Sci. St.-Petersburg, 7: 354. 1854; Arctium minutum O. Kuntze, Tr. Petersburg, Bot. Sada 10: 147. 1887.

Flower/Fruit:

Fl. Per.: April – July Vern.: Poli,: Báh Khat, Dozakh, Kemár, Kandiari, Jaghund

Type:

Type: Iran, Tabriz, P.M.R. Aucher-Eloy 4801 (G, K000778354, W) (fide Rech. f. l.c.).

Distribution:

Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Balochistan, Waziristan, Kashmir), and Central Asia.

Comment/Acknowledgements:

It is a very common xerophytic weed, grows in waste and cultivated fields in riverian foothill plains to 3000 m in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (NWFP) and Balochistan.

It is considered a fodder for sheep and camels (teste Burkill, l. c.) in Balochistan. In Salt Range (Punjab), its tender shoots are eaten as pot herb.

Map Location:

B-7 Peshawar Dist.: Kund, in collibus ad confluentes fluvios Kabul et Indus, 30.5.1965, K.H. Rechinger 30382 (K, W); Peshawar, 50 km Östliche von Peshawar an der Strasse nach Nowshera, 18. 4. 1969 H. Freitag 2822 (M); Peshawar, F-7, NRL Estate, Arif J. Ahmed 115 (M); Peshawar, Major Vicary s.n.(K); Ibid, Dr. J. L.Stewart s.n. (K); Near Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency, 15.5.74, M. Qaiser & Sultan-ul–Abedin 6122 (KUH); Ibid, 30.5.1939, Sher Ahmed Lodhi 8 (RAW); C-5 North Waziristan, Teh Datta Khel, Boya, Post PQT 10, 11. 5. 73 S. M. A. Kazmi 4417 (M); South Waziristan, Wana Gibralter PQ7, 15. 5. 1965 S. M. A. Kazmi 4515 (M); Ibid, Sarwaki, PQT Mumraiz, 14. 5. 73 S. M. A. Kazmi 4497 (M); Wana, 4500 ft., 8.5.1895, J.F.Duthie 15769 (K); Palasin, N. Waziristan, 6 cm tall, Fls. Yellow, 18.5.74, M. Qaiser & S. Abedin 6193,6194 KUH); S. Waziristan, Tiarza, 4 miles from Wana, 17.5.78, S. Nazim-uddin & S. Abedin 907 (KUH); Islamia College, Peshawar, May 1928, R.R. Stewart 9662 (RAW); Swat Dist.: Gulibagh, Swat, ca 4000 ft., along field borders, 20.4.71, M.A. Siddiqi & Y. Nasir 6989 (RAW); C-6 Kurram, Inter Amal Kot et Sadda, 33˚ 43ˊ N, 70˚ 25ˊ E, alt. 1400 m, 13.6.65 K. H. Rechinger 30960 (C, M, K & W);Kurram Valley,Drékalla, 9000 ft., July 18, 1879, J.E.T.Aitchison 807 (K); Bannu (Dowa), 22.6.1966, A.Rashid 174 (KUH); Kohat Dist.: Hangu, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, 21.4.1954, R.R. Stewart 25924 (RAW); Mianwali Dist.: Talagang-Mianwali Road, 10 mile, in cult. Fields, Fls. Yellow, 15.4.1957, Yasin Nasir 12474 (RAW); Katland (Morelan?), yellow florets, 2006, Dr. Habib Ahmad 177 (HUP); C-7 Rawalpindi Dist.:Taxila, alt. ± 1500 ft., small annual herb, leaves pinnately divided,, heads yellow, tips spinous, 31.3.1975, M. Ashraf & Mehmood 421 (A!, KUH, ISL); Topi Park, Rawalpindi, 1700 ft., April 1928, R. R. Stewart 9673 (KUH); Prov. Rawalpindi, Taxila, ca 30 km Nordwestlich von Rawalpindi, 12. 4. 1965 D. Podlech 10153a (MSB); Alwali Fort, Jhelum, 3500 ft., in open ground, fls. yellow, Y. Nasir & Siddiqi 8239 (RAW); 22.5.76, Patti Hills, near Kharian, Fls. Yellow, 31.3.1989, Y. Nasir s.n. (RAW); Punjab, Hab. In arvis vacuis, ca 2000 ft, versus Sodhi in dist. Shahpur, 13 April 1902, J. R. Drummond 13850 (K); Rawulpindi, 23.5.71, J.E.T. Aitchison 441 (K); Murree Hills, 4.8.1966, Saida Qureshi s.n. (KUH); Hassan Abdal, 6.5.69, Sultanul Abedin 2650 (KUH); Jhelum, Bangla Baghali, 28.4.1902, Col. Kabir Khan for J.R.Drummond s.n. (K # 20013); Jhelum, NW Slope of Mt. Sakesar, ±3000 ft., 25.8.1902, Col. Kabir for Drummond 14459 & 14459A (K); Gujrat Dist.: Habitat in agris glare, ca 800 m, March 1899, J.R.Drummond 13778 (K); Punjab, Hab. In arvis etc. ca 2300 m, dist. Shahpur, Mt. Salinis prope fragum Surakki, 15 April, 1902, J.R.Drummond 13861 (K); D-4 Quetta Dist. : Near Telephone Exchange Sorab, 5702 ft., prostrate spiny herb, Flowers yellow, soil sandy clay-loam, 6.6.72, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1243 (KUH); Sariab Road, Quetta, prostrate, fls. Yellow, 1.5.1985, Abdul Ghafoor & Rizwan Yusuf 1001 (KUH); 4 miles from Sheila Bagh on way to Quetta, soil sandy clay-loam, prostrate, Fls. Yellow, 7.6.72, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1307 (KUH); Near Hanna, 6000 ft., 18.7.1957, E. Nasir 28445 (RAW, K); Baluchistan, Isplinji, 22.6.1959, Dr A. H. Khan K22 (RAW); Quetta, Yaro, prope Bostan, 30˚ 23ˊ N, 61˚ 00ˊ E, NNE of Quetta versus Pishin, in arenoso argillosis, 1450 m, 8. 5. 1965, K. H. Rechinger 28946 (M); 28 miles from Quetta on way to Ziarat, heads yellow, prostrate, spiny, 12.5.78, Nazim, Hameedullah & S. Abedin 640 (KUH); Quetta, Wild herb, 15.6.1957, S.M.H. Jafri 1699 (KUH); Zhob Valley, Muslim Bagh (Hindubagh), 5850 ft., Near Post of Ghazaband, South Maslakh Range, Quetta, ca 30 cm tall, inflorescence yellow, 11.5.94, Saood Omer & A. Ghafoor 1360 (KUH); Quetta, 28.4.1956, W.A.Dick-Peddie 21 (RAW); Maslakh, Balochistan, 20.5. 1982, Tony Archer s.n. (RAW); Bostan, Balochistan, 14.6.65, M.A.Siddiqi & Y. Nasir 3505 (RAW); Balochistan, s.d. J.F.Duthie s.n. (RAW); D-5 Balochistan, Zhob, Sumlunza, 15 – 16 miles on Fort Sandeman –Wana road, 20 5. 1965 S. M. A. Kazmi 1917 (M!); Dry hilly area near Loralai, Balochistan, 30.4.1987, Rubina Akhter 12853 (RAW); Loralai Dist.: ca 12 – 15 miles from Loralai towards Qila Saifullah, Soil sandy-clay loam mixed with gravel, semi-prostrate spiny herb with yellow flowers, 3.6.70, M.Qaiser & A.Ghafoor 1545 (KUH); Loralai, 4700 ft., plain, Fls. Yellow, 27.6.57, Jafri & Akbar 2311 (KUH, E, K); Quetta Valley, ±5000 ft., in stones, 23.5.68, Zaffar Ali 4805 (RAW); D-8 Prov.-Lahore, Südliches iter des Chenab an der Strasse von Lahore nach Rawalpindi, 11.4.1965, D. Podlech 10115 & 10121 (MSB!); E-2 Kharan Dist.: 3 miles from Basima on way to Surab, dry sandy soil, 10 cm high, Fls. Yellow, 6.4.1971, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6959 (KUH);Balochistan, 30.5.1957, Khairuddin s.n. (RAW); E-4 Kalat Dist.: Mastung, 5520 ft., waste field, common, 17.6.57, Jafri & Akbar 1788 (KUH); F-3 Panjgur Dist.: Krechi, Nag, Balochistan, 20.4.1998, Sajid Nadeem 15 (RAW); F-4 Kalat Dist.: Ca 20 km from Khuzdar on way to Surab, near Baghbana, sandy-loam soil, prostrate, spinescent herb, Fls. Yellow, occasional, 11.5.1990, A. Ghafoor & Steve M. Goodman 5069 (KUH); 10 miles from Surab on way to Kalat, Yellow Inflorescence, 5.5.84, Saood Omer 1199 (KUH); ca 64 km from Khuzdar city on way to Kalat, in dry river bed ±1400 m, prostrate annual herb, heads yellow, 27.5.1995, Tahir Ali & G. R. Sarwar 2538 (KUH); G-2 Turbat Dist.: 1 km West of Nal on way to Turbat, soil sandy-clay, prostrate with procumbent branches, Fls. Yellow, not common, Vern. Jaghund, 10.5.1990, A. Ghafoor & Steve M. Goodman 5044 (KUH); Baluchistan, J.E. Stocks 7301, 1150, 1155(K); Baluchistan, Kharan, 5 – 6000 ft., May 93, J. F. Duthie s.n. (K).