Published In:
Illustrationes Plantarum Orientalium 1: 131, t. 68. 1842. ( Ill. Pl. Orient.) 
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(Last Modified On 5/20/2022)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 1/9/2021)
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Contributor Text:
Abdul Ghafoor
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Contributor Institution:
Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – PAKISTAN
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Synonym Text:
Jurinea carduiformis (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. Nov. Ser. 1, 6: 111. 1846; Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 577. 1875; R. R. Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 756. 1972.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: April – June
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Type:
Syntypes: Persia (Iran), Ispahan, s.d. Aucher-Eloy 4818, 4822 (G, P)
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Distribution:
Iraq, Gulf States, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan .
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
Grows on gentle slopes in Artemisia steppe in Quetta valley (Balochistan).
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Map Location:
D-4 Quetta Dist.: Beyond Sariab, on road to Sibbi, near Railway Crossing, ca 15 cm tall, shoots, 1.5.1985, A. Ghafoor & Rizwan Yousuf 1021 (KUH); Lak Pass, stemless perennial, red at top of capitulum, rare in the area, 30.4. 07, Jan Alam & Saleem 3533 (KUH); Quetta Dist.: Inter Qila Abdullah 30º 43ʹ N, 66º 40ʹ E, et Sheila Bagh substr. Tonshiefer, 1600 – 1900 m, 8.5.1965, K. H. Rechinger 28977 (K); Dilsoora, Quetta, tips of dics brick-red, anthers reddish, latex absent, 21.5.84, Saood Omer & A. Ghafoor 1735 (KUH); Hazargangi National Park, on gentle slope among Artemisia & Astragalus sp. small herb with dull white heads, alt. ca 2050 m, infrequent, 8.4.2004, Jan Alam & Jehangir Gabol, 2590 & 2592 (KUH); Hazargangi Forest, prostrate to suberect, discs purplish, 4.5.1985, A.Ghafoor & Rizwan Yousuf 1284 (KUH); Brori, Quetta, soil gravel sandy clay, erect, ca 5 cm, 20.6.76, S. Nazimuddin & S. Abedin 167 (KUH); Ibid, sandy-loam soil, 20.5.69, S. Abedin 2916 (KUH); ca 100 km from Spin Karez on way to Zarghun, sandy soil, near cult. Fields, erect perennial herb, ± 3 cm tall, common, pappus pale-white, 03.05.2007, Jan Alam & Saleem 3608 B (KUH); Hanna Lake, near Quetta, decumbent annual herb, heads pinkish, 28.5.1995, Tahir Ali & G. R. Sarwar 2559 (KUH); Ibid, 25.6.76, Nazim & Iqbal Dar 313 (KUH); ca 10 miles from Quetta on way to Urak, 7.5.84, S. Omer 1243 (KUH); Spin Karez, 11. 5. 1965, S. M. A. Kazmi 1599 (M); Trikha (Tirkha), Balochistan, May 1957, Mohd. Yahya 40 (MICH); Quetta, Balochistan, 9.6.65, M.A. Siddiqui & Y. Nasir 3486 (MICH, RAW).
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Arachnoid hairy, up to 20 (-25) cm tall herb, branched from near the base or unbranched. Tap root slightly thickened, 10 – 15 cm long, sparsely branched or unbranched. Leaves pale-green, slightly fleshy, dorsally densely hairy, oblong, revolute-magined,; basal rosulate, shortly petiolate, shallowly pinnatifid with lanceolate, sinuate-dentate terminal lobe; upper stem leaves more or less-decurrent, almost entire. Capitula 2 – 2.5 cm long, umbilicate at the base. Involucre campanulate. Phyllaries linear-lanceolate, 20 – 25 mm long, prolonged into a ± spiny recurved pinkish tip except the innermost. Corolla pink to reddish, tube filiform, 1.5 – 1.8 mm long, longer than 5-lobed limb, lobes divided to half way down. Cypselas dark brown-black, 5 – 6 mm long, narrowed toward base. Pappus bristles barbellate, protruding beyond involucre, outer ca 3 cm long, inner longer than the outer.
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