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(Last Modified On 1/2/2012)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 1/2/2012)
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Contributor Text:
M. Qaiser and Rubina Abid
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Contributor Institution:
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Karachi. and Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
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Type:
Type: Asia media: Schugnan, Secusflum, Pjandsh inter Pagos Nisch et Anderob in decliviis lapidosis 8.7.1897, S. I. Korshinsky 3175 (LE).
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Distribution:
Distribution: Pakistan, Afghanistan to Central Asia.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
A plant of high altitude, grows between 8500-14000 ft near streams and moist places.
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Map Location:
A-7 Darband, Chitral, 9000 ft, S. M. Toppin 331 (K); Chitral Barum, S E of Tirish Mir, 28.6.1958, J. D. A. Stainton 277 (BM); ibid, Rosh Gol, N. E. of Tirish Mir, 6.7.1958, J. D. A. Stainton 2821 (BM); Barohil Pass, 27.3.1958, J. D. A. Stainton 2968 (BM); ibid, J. D. A. Stainton 3031 (BM); Tirich Mir, S. of Barum Glacier, June 1969, B. K. Porter 10 (E, K); Darkat, 18.6.1976, S. Bowes Lyon 8061 (K); Tirich Mir valley, 5.8.1984, W. S. Budoubar 34 (K); Chitral, Yarkhun, alt. 12000 ft, 24.6.1958, S. A. Bowes-Lyon 217 (BM); Chitral-Yarkhoon, Qarambar An, 4308 m, Haidar Ali 4724 (KUH); Rush Gol, 23.8.1981, K. Akhtar & S. Nazimuddin 1694 (KUH); Chitral, Zwar Gali, ± 1000 ft, 2.7.1988, S. A. Bowes-Lyon 1040 (BM); Chitral-Molikhoo, Shenyak jungle Terich, 3471 m, 14.8.07, Haidar Ali 7077 (KUH); Gilgit, 1908, S. M. Toppin 1042 (K); on the Seral stream at the base of Sikaran, ± 8500 ft, August 1879, J. E. T. Aitchison 945 (K); A-8 Gilgit Dist.: Khatun-rungh, Khaltarow, alt. 3000-3700 m, 20.8.2004, Sherwali Khan & Shabbir Hassan 594, 612, 671 (KUH).
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Perennial, rhizomatous up to 150 cm tall glabrescent herb. Leaves variable, petiolate in the lower part, gradually becoming sessile in the upper part, 1-20 x 0.5-5 cm, lower ones oblong, obovate or elliptic to ovate, entire or sublyrate or profoundly sinuate-dentate, upper cauline leaves smaller, oblong or sublyrate, entire, irregularly dentate. Capitula heterogamous, radiate, 1.5-3 cm across, arranged in lax corymbs, peduncles, 1-4 cm long with small bracts. Phyllaries 11-13, narrowly oblong to ovate, 2-5 mm long, black tipped. Ray florets yellow, 8-12 (-15), 10-20 x 3-5 mm. Disc florets many, yellow, 6-10 mm long. Cypsela 2.7-3.5 x 0.5-0.7 mm, ± 10-ribbed, oblong, cylindric. Pappus bristles many, scabrate, 4-8 mm long.
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