Published In:
Species Plantarum 1: 179–180. 1753. (1 May 1753) ( Sp. Pl.)   
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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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Contributor Text:
YASIN J. NASIR
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: June-July.
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Type:
Type: Described from Europe.
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Distribution:
Distribution: N. America, N. Africa, Europe, Caucasus, Siberia, S.W. & C. Asia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Himalaya eastward to Japan.
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Map Location:
Chitral: B-6 Lowari Pass, Toppin 442 (K); A-7 Mastuj, 7500', Bowes Lyon 907 (BM, E); id., Stainton 2485 (BM); Barum Village, 8000', Chaudhri 196 (RAW); B-6 Chitral, Hassandin 149 (RAW); Gilgit: B-6 Astor, Duthie 12486 (E); Diamer, Astor, H. Jahan 907 (ISL); Rama vy., Lankster & Peterson 1277 (BM); B, C-6 Kurram Agency: Safed Koh, H. Jahan 183 (ISL); B-7 Swat: Shangla, 7000', M. Shah & Dilawar 1407 (ISL); Yakh Tangi, 6500', H. Jahan 1443 (ISL); Chakesar, M. Shah & Dilawar 1847 (ISL); Mountain W. of Kalam, Rodin 5667 (RAW, K); Thanda Jaba, ± 9000'. M. A. Siddiqi & E. Nasir 2345 (RAW); Swat, Lahore Students 9 (RAW); Otrore, Z. Ali 3905 (RAW); Hazara Dist.: Naran, Iftikhar & Mehmud 266 (RAW); id., Ch. Shaukat Ali 117 (RAW); Babusar Village, 11,000', by roadside, M. A. Siddiqi & Y. Nasir 2800 (RAW); above Shogran Rest House, ± 8000', M. A. Siddiqi 4469 (RAW); Dana hill, W. of Sharan, 9000', Y. Nasir & W. Meijer 8808 (RAW); Balakot-Babusar, J. Abel 143 (BM); Kaghan vy., Inayat 19972a (K); Naran-Batakundi. ± 8000', M. A. Siddiqi & H. Jahan 810 (ISL), Babusar, S. R. Saif 19 (ISL); Saif-ul-Maluk, 8000', Anjum Amin et al 62 (ISL); Balamsar, Shahzad Iqbal et al 416 (ISL); Burawai, Shahzad & Iqbal et al 455 (ISL); Paja, M. Shaukat & N. Abbasi 813 (ISL); Kashmir: Kafar Khan, Muzaffarabad. J. Mohd. 3140 (ISL); Dudgai, Muzaffarabad, Shahzad Iqbal 1808 (ISL); C-8 Aliabad, 10250', C. B. Clarke 2851A (BM); Baltistan: B-9 Daghoni, 8000', Shyok river, Ludlow 351A (BM); Khaplu, Schlagintweit 5716 (BM).
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Plants annual or biennial, up to 1.5 m tall, pubescent to hairy. Leaves sessile, 5-12.5 x 2.8-7.5 cm, ovate-oblong, sinuate to pinnately lobed, ± semi-amplexicaul, glandular-pubescent, especially on the nerves and margins. Calyx 14-16 mm long, up to 26 mm in fruit, campanulate to infundibuliform, ± urceolate in fruit, nervose, glandular-pilose; lobes triangular, aristate. Corolla (18-) 20-30 mm long, infundibuliform, pale yellow, with brown-purple nerves; lobes ± obtuse, unequal; tube glandular-pilose to the outside. Stamens subexserted, unequal. Lower part of filament pilose, purplish. Style exceeding the stamens in length, purplish. Pyxidium 11-13 mm long, ± pitcher-shaped; operculum usually of a darker colour. Seeds ± 1.2 mm long, reniform, rugose-tuberculate, brown.
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