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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.: April-May.
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Type:
Type: Inter Baghdad-Hit, Bruguiera & Oliver s.n. (P).
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Distribution:
Distribution: N. Africa, Syria, Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Turkestan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Pamir Alaj, Tien Shan, China.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
Differs from the subspecies macrocalyx (Coss and Kral) Riedl from S. Iran, in which the lower half of fruiting calyx is white tubercled. Z. Ali 5624 from Pishin (Quetta) has a similar calyx
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Map Location:
Baluchistan: Baluchistan Univ. Garden, Saood Omer & A. Ghafoor 1859 (KUH); Basima, near Jangal, 1350 m, J. Lamond F. G. College, Quetta, Qutbuddin & Ashfaq 731 (PMNH); Hanna, ± 1700 m Qutbuddin & Ashfaq 30 (PMNH); Quetta, Dick Peddie 319 (KUH; RAW); near Quetta, R. R. Stewart 28301 (RAW); id., F. Schmid B 12 (RAW); Quetta, 10.6.88, Rasool Baksh s.n. (KUH); Quetta-Ziarat, Sultanul Abedin 4894; 4682 (RAW, KUH); Gori, Khair Din 118 (RAW); Urak Gorge, 6000'. R. R. Stewart 28279 (RAW); Yaro, near Bostan, 1450 m, fls. yellow with 5 dark spots at throat, J. Lamond 991 (RAW; E); id., Rechinger 28928 (M, G); near Pishin f 500', Z. Ali 5624 (RAW); Quetta-Ziarat, Jafri 2025 (E, KI,JH); Quetta-Chaman, Sultanul Abedin 4853 (KUH); id., J. Lamond 991 (E); Quetta-Hindubagh, 40th mile, Sultanul Abedin 4790 (KUH); Khania, May 1898, Munro s.n. (K). Ziarat-Quetta Jafri & Akbar 2025 (BM; E); Chapper rift, Pishin, 27.5. 1889, Lace s.n. (E); Sor range, Quetta, Konieczny, 7.5.1967 (KUH); Maslakh range, Saood Omer & A. Ghafoor 1380 (KUH); Maslakh, 5000', R. R. Stewart 28293 (RAW); Qutbuddin et al 153; 71 (PSM-NH); Chiltan vy., 5.10. 1982, Tony Archer s.n. (RAW); Spirah, Khajuri, S. A. Khan & Nasrullah 11 (PPFI-B); Pithi Bar, Maslakh, 20.4.1959, R. A. Darn s.n. (PPFI-B); Abdulla-Shela Bagh Kazmi 1520 (M); 10 km Khuzdar, Rech. f., 27400 (RAW); D. I. Khan: Pezu, Y. Nasir 4625 (RAW); Makran: 662 (E); Hoshab-Panjgur, J. Lamond 566 (E); Chotiali Jungle, 20.3.1888, Lace s.n. (E); Basima, Panjgur-Kalat rd., Kazmi 1263 (M); Rest house, Nag, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6871 (KUH); Panjgur, 900 m, G. Popov 194 (BM).
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Annual ± erect, 3.5-17 (-30) cm tall. Roots with a purplish dye. Stem branched from the base, yellowish. Hairs stiff, spreading, up to 2.5 mm long, inter-mixed with shorter and softer antrorsely subappresed hairs; longer hairs with a distinct swollen base; basal leaves deciduous at length, 11-40 x 4-7 mm, cauline smaller, oblanceolate, obtuse, margin entire to ± revolute, base attenuate, hairy on both surfaces. Hairs up to 1.4 mm long. Inflorescence terminal and axillary, 30-40 mm long, congested, up to 170 mm is fruit and with flowers less crowded. Flowers yellow, bracteate; bracts leafy but narrower, hairy. Calyx 5-partite, 4-5 mm long, up to 17 mm in fruit. Fruiting calyx ± 5-angled, base c. 4.5 mm broad, prominently nerved; lobes linear, 6-7 mm long in fruit; longer hairs (up to 2.8 mm) stiff, inter-mixed with softer ones. Corolla tubular, infundibuliform, dense pubescent to the outside; tube 10-11 mm long, broader towards the top; lobes, ± obtuse. Anther 0.7-0.8 mm long, attached above the upper half of tube, but in groups at different levels. Style reaching up to upper half of corolla tube, twice forked. Stigmas 4, capitate. Nutlets 2-2.8 mm long, ovoid, beaked; beak tubercled, greyish to greyish-brown.
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