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Linnaea 24: 328. 1851. ( Linnaea)   
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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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Synonym Text:
A. santolina non L.: auct. plur. Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 711.1972.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: April – June.
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Type:
Syntypes: Transcaucasia, Wilhelms; Ibid, K.Schmidt (B).
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Distribution:
Distribution: Turkey, Caucasus, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
The plant, especially flowers and fruits, are used in diarrhoea to check dehydration and also in jaundice (kawal) in Balochistan. It is diuretic and useful in fever, nasal congestion and stomach ailments.
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Map Location:
C-6 Kurram valley, J. E. Aitchison 60, 245 (K); D-4 Quetta Dist.: Hanna Lake, 7.5.1984, Saood Omer 1251 (K, KUH); Hanna Lake, 28.5.95, Tahir Ali & G. R. Sarwar 2601 (KUH); Ibid, 4.5.63, M. A. Siddiqi 1742 (RAW); Pishin-Quetta, S. Abedin 3029 (KUH); c. 60 Km from Kutch on way to Ziarat, 16.5.84, S. Omer & A. Ghafoor 1444 (KUH); Jalogir, on way to Pishin, 21.5.69, sandy-loam soil, S. Abedin 3001 (KUH); Quetta, Sor Range, 7.5.1967, M. G. Konieczny s. n. (KUH); Urak, 1.5.1980, Rasool Baksh 2 (KUH); 4 miles from Sheila Bagh on way to Quetta, 7.6.70, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1302 (KUH); Meteorological Dept., Brori, near Quetta 20.5.69, S. Abedin 2920 (KUH); Quetta, Kudai Spring – Maslakh, 14.5.1978, S. Nazimuddin , S. Abedin & Hameedullah 799 (KUH); Sariab, near Quetta, 21.6.1976, S. Nazimuddin & S. Abedin 200 (KUH); Beyond Sariab on road to Sibbi, near Railway Crossing, A. Ghafoor & Rizwan Yousuf 1029 (KUH); Quetta, Sept. ’77, M. Liang s.n. (KUH 13284); Ibid, 5500 ft., 25.5.55, S. Kitamura s. n. (KUH); Surgaz, Quetta, 22.4.1987, Rubina Akhtar 12583 (RAW); Sibi Dist.: Ziarat, 36° 28.60´ N, 75° 5.60´ E, 13.7.1953, S. M. A. Kazmi s. n. (KUH 13292); Ziarat, Hill above Residency, 12.5.1963, M. A. Siddiqi 20586 (RAW); Sibi Dist.: Juniper Forest Region, Sasnamanna, near Ziarat, sandy soil mixed with stones, 20.5.81, S. M. Sarwar Alam 34 (KUH); Quetta dist.: Sariab Rd., 5 km from centre c. 1700 m., 7.5.1965, Jennifer Lamond 931 (E); Env. de Quetta. bas val de 1’ Hanna 100-200 m, 28/29-4-1953, R. R. Stewart 110 (BM); D-5 Loralai Dist.: Shreen, Balochistan, May 1982, Rasool Baksh 92 (KUH): Raigora Valley, Juniper zone, Balochistan, 5.6.1982, Tony Archer s. n. (RAW); E-2 Dasht Baddo, Balochistan, 6000 ft., Forester s. n. (KUH); E-4 Kalat Dist.: Harboi Hills, c. 9 Km East NE of Kalat on way to Johan, 13.5.1990, A. Ghafoor & S. M. Goodman 5167 (KUH & F); Ibid, c. 15 Km south from Kalat on way to Nichara, common, 12.5.1990, A. Ghafoor & S. M. Goodman 5129 (KUH, F); Kalat, Sorab, Lawn of Rest House, sandy-clay loam soil, 6.6.70, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1222 (KUH); Mastung, Kalat, 5520 ft., in Almond fruit Orchard, 17.6.57, Jafri & Akbar 1787 (KUH); Kalat, 19 miles before Surab on Basima-Surab Road, 6.4.71, S. Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6988 (KUH); Kalat, 1 mile from Surab on way to Khuzdar, sandy soil, wheat field, 8.4.71, S. Abedin & Abrar Hussain 7114 (KUH); Skalku, Kalat, 7000 ft., side of generally dry river bed, common, 19.6.57, Jafri & Akbar 1929 (KUH); Makran dist.: 18 miles from Surab on way to Khuzdar, 8.4.1971, Sultanul Abedin and Abrar Hussain 7128 (BM); Kalat; Surab to Kalat, c. 20 km from Surab, 1800 m, 22.4.1965, Jennifer Lamond 674 (E); F-4 Khuzdar Dist.: c. 54 Km from Khuzdar on way to Surab, RCD Highway, soil sandy-loam, 11.5.1990, A. Ghafoor & Steve M. Goodman 5077 (KUH); 1 mile from Khuzdar on way to Wad, wet sandy clay soil, S. Abedin & Abrar Hussain 7213 (KUH); 1 mile from Surab on way to Khuzdar, sandy soil, S. Abedin & Abrar Hussain 7104 (KUH).
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Erect to ascending, up to 35 cm tall, basally ± woody perennial shrublet with ± patent, whitish to grayish-white hairy, longitudinally striate internodes. Leaves lanate to glabrescent, cauline nearly equal to each other in size, densely borne, uppermost reaching corymb, linear, 1.5 – 2.5 (-3) x 1 – 2 cm, primary lobes 3-parted into narrowly orbiculate ultimate, c. 1 mm long segments. Capitula on 1 – 4 mm long peduncles, up to c. 40, borne in compact, 2 – 4 cm broad corymbs. Involucre ± angular, ± obovate-oblong, phyllaries lanceolate to oblong, 2 – 2.5 mm long, appressed hairy, narrowly membranous margined, acute, carinate, outer with brownish apices, persistent. Receptacle flat. Paleae lanceolate, slightly shorter than the disc-corollas, thin, membranous, appressed hairy in upper part, ±obtuse. Ray-florets 3 – 5, with yellow, 3-lobed, suborbiculate, c. 1.25 mm long ligules. Disc-florets 15 – 25, with 2 – 2.5 mm long corolla tube. Cypselas oblong to wedge-shaped, c. 1 mm long, light brown, glabrous.
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