Published In:
Species Plantarum 1: 12. 1753. (1 May 1753) ( Sp. Pl.)   
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(Last Modified On 5/10/2022)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 3/16/2019)
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Contributor Text:
Sultanul Abedin, M. Qaiser and G.R. Sarwar
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Contributor Institution:
Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – Pakistan
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: April-September.
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Type:
Lectotype: vide Cramer in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 437. 1981: Herb. Linn. No. 26.30 (LINN).
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Distribution:
Widely distributed in north temperate zones and subtropical alpine mountains in Europe and Asia; introduced in N. America.
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Map Location:
A-7 Gilgit Distt.: Burzil Pass, Gilgit Rd, 27.7.1940, R. R. Stewart 19890 (RAW, KUH); Astore Distt.: Mir Pansil Paso, Deosai Rd., 3900-4200 m, 28.7.1940, R. R. Stewart 11911-A (RAW, KUH); B-8 Astore Distt.: Gorai-Gurois Rd., 30.6.1919, R. R. Stewart 4216 (RAW, KUH); Boji Pass, 2.9.1924, R. R. Stewart 7577 (RAW, KUH); Rai Kot to Aliabad, 28.6.1952, R. R. Stewart &E. Nasir s. n. (RAW, KUH); Bedori, 2.7.1952, R. R. Stewart & E. Nasir 24016 (RAW, KUH); Poonch Distt.: Serimang, 1800 ft, 24.4.1953, R. R. Stewart & E. Nasir 25580 (RAW, KUH); Mansehra Distt.: Naran, 900 ft., 21.6.59, Jafri & Ali 3384 (RAW, KUH); Shogran Kagan, 6.6.1966, E. Nasir 3912 (RAW, KUH); 15 miles from Burawai on way to Gilgit, 8.7.1977, Kamal & M. Qaiser 442 (KUH); Richdari-Sharan descent, Kaghan, 22.6.1978, E. Nasir & W. Meijer 8923, ± 9000 ft (RAW, KUH); Dunga Gully, 22.5.1981, Y. Nasir & Khan 9546 (RAW, KUH); Shogran, 9.5.1983, S. Omer, S. Nazimuddin & A. Wahid 614 (KUH); Towards, Sani, Shogran, 10.5.1983, S. Omer, S. Nazimuddin & A. Wahid 628 (KUH); Above Shogran, 2070 m, 1.6.1984, Y. Nasir 10878 (RAW, KUH); Below Changla Gully, 720 m, 17.5.1985, Y. Nasir & Rubina Akhtar 11398 (RAW, KUH); C-7 Rawalpindi Distt.: Murree, June 1934, R. R. Stewart 13896 (RAW, KUH); Murree, 9.5.69, S. Abedin 2848 (KUH); Murree, 9.5.71, S. Abedin 7370 (KUH); Patriatia, Murree Hills, 2100 m, 20.5.1983, Y. Nasir, Nazir & Rubina Akhtar10223 (RAW, KUH).
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Perennial, rhizomatous, 5-30 cm tall, villous, procumbent or decumbent, creeping caespitose herbs. Leaves opposite 1-2.5 x 0.5-1.5 cm, lanceolate to ovate or sometimes suborbicular, entire to shallowly crenate-dentate, obtuse at base and apex, glandular hairy, sessile, upper ones 1-5 mm long petiolate. Raceme terminal and lateral, 2-20 cm long, lax, 10-30-flowered, glandular and eglandular hairy; pedicels 2-4 mm long, accrescent in fruit up to 6 mm, erect; bracts 2-3 mm long. Calyx 4-lobed, lobes ovate. Corolla 5-8 mm across, variable in colour, white, blue, pink or purplish-red with blue veins, tube hairy inside. Stamens as long as corolla or slightly exserted. Capsule 2.5-3.5 x 4-5.5 mm, strongly compressed, broadly obovate, slightly notched, glandular-ciliate, wider than long; style c. 2.5 mm long, exserted. Seeds numerous, 0.7-0.9 x 0.5-0.7 mm, flat or slightly convex on both sides, elliptic, yellowish.
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