Published In:
Genera Plantarum 2(1): 303. 1873. ( Gen. Pl.)
(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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Flower/Fruit:
Fl.Per.: July-September.
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Type:
Type: Described from America.
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Habitat:
A widely distributed species. Grows in shady slopes, between 2000-4000 m; young leaves and plants are said to be eaten as a pot herb.
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Distribution:
Distribution: N America, C Europe, E Russia, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Xizang, China to Korea.
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Map Location:
B-7 N.W.F.Prov. probably Nathiagali, Hazara Dean s.n. (K); Dunga Gali, 27.8.1949, R. R. Stewart s.n. (RAW); Changla Gali, Murree Hills, 9000 ft, R. R. I. D. Stewart 4100 (RAW); B-8 Mt. behind Dal Lake, ± 7000 ft, R. R. Stewart 3308½ (K, RAW); Pharkian Pass, Lotah forests, Jhelum valley, Kashmir, ± 9000 ft, Keshavanand 475 (K); Kashmir, Ladar water, 10000 ft, Fuller 820 (K); Hayan to Shalabash Feb. 1880, A. P. Young s.n. (BM); Dino to Nawabug, Sept. 1880, A. P. Young s.n. (BM); Mount Ilam, ± 8000 ft, R. R. Stewart 24330 (BM, RAW); Sharda, Kishenganga valley, Jan Mohammad 121 (BM); Gulmarg, 8760 ft, on suny rocky banks, fls. white, O. Polunin 56/297 (BM); Kashmir, 1956, Jan Mohammad s.n. (KUH); Leepa – Reshian road, near Leepa, Muzaffarbad Dist. M. Qaiser & Rizwan Yusuf 7825 (KUH); Chunnian Leepa valley, Muzaffarbad Distt., M. Qaiser & Rizwan Y. Hashmi 7697 (KUH); Near Taubat, Helmat, Tahir Ali, M. Ajmal Khan & M. Qaiser 597, 608 (KUH); Gulmarg Kashmir, 8500 ft, R. R. Stewart 10526A (KUH); Tragbal, Kashmir, ± 9000 ft, August 4, 1919, R. R. & I. D. Stewart s.n. (RAW); ibid, R. R. & I. D. Stewart 4579 (RAW); Banihal Pass, Kashmir-Jummu Road, R. R. Stewart 10670A (RAW); Hill above Phalgam, Kashmir, August, 1913, Evershed s.n. (BM).
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Erect herbs, 30-80 cm tall, stem usually simple or feebly branched above, greyish or brownish tomentose. Leaves linear-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, (1.5-) 3-10 x 0.6-2.0 cm, acuminate, sessile or narrowed at base, or somewhat subamplexicaul, densely cinnamomeus beneath, upper surface less densely cinnamomeus than beneath, to almost glabrous, dark green, mostly 3-veined. Capitula in branched terminal corymbs, yellow or white, 4-5 x 4-7 mm, sparsely hairy, predominantly female or male or rarely predominently male; peduncle 3-8 mm long, densely woolly; phyllaries 5-7 (-10)-seriate, white, brownish at base, outer small, middle ones longest, oblong-elliptic, 4-6 mm long, obtuse to acuminate, inner ones shortly apiculate with denticulate margins. Bisexual florets 30-40, filiform (functionally male) in predominantly male capitula, female florets 5-10, tubular; bisexual florets 2-3 and female florets 60-70 in predominantly female capitula. Corolla of female florets ± 3.5 mm long, of bisexual florets slightly longer than the female florets with distinct glandular lobes. Cypselas of female florets oblong, dark brown, papillose, 1-1.5 mm long; pappus white, 3-3.5 mm long. Cypselas of bisexual florets very small, ± 1 mm long. Papillose, dark brown.
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