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(Last Modified On 3/3/2022)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 12/18/2021)
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Contributor Text
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M. Qaiser & Roohi Abid
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Contributor Institution
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Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – Pakistan
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Synonym Text
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Diplopappus molliusculus Lindl. ex DC. Prodr. 5 : 277. 1836. Diplopappus roylei Lindl. ex DC. l. c. 276; Herselia simplex Klotzsch, Pl. Wald. Reis. Bot. 75. t. 73. 1862. Aster scaposus Klatt in Sitzb. Akad. Muench. 84. 1878.
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Flower/Fruit
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Fl. Per.: May – July
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Type
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Type: Sirnoe, 2972 (K–W)
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Distribution
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India, Pakistan and China.
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Comment/Acknowledgements
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A fairly common species, grows in clumps between 2000–3800 m above sea level, among rocks, rock crevices and cliffs.
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Map Location
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A–7 Chitral Distt.: Ziarat, Chitral, 29.7.1956, A.R. Beg 1587 (RAW); B–7 Naran ka kattha, Khagan (Kagan), 24.5.1896, J. F. Duthie 19719 a (K); ibid, J. F. Duthie 21871 a, 21938 a (K); Bahrein, on rocks, ± 5000ʹ, 16.7.1953, R.R. Stewart & A. Rehman s.,n. (RAW); Batain above Ushu, ± 9000 ft., 27.7.1953, R.R. Stewart & A.R. Rehman 25285 (RAW); B8/9 Kashmir without precise locality, Falconer 544 (K); Kashmir, Megandhob– Gadsar, 11–12000 ft., 11.8.1939, R.R. & I. D. Stewart 18291 (KUH); Pir Panjal, Southern side, 10,000 ft., 27.6.1902; J.R. Drumond 13907 (K); ibid, 11,500 ft., J.R. Drumond 13917 (K); Pangi, 6.12.1916, R.R. Stewart 64071 (K); Dubyan, Lidder valley, J. F. Duthie 25651 (K); Sind valley near Baltal, 9–10,000 ft., 27.6.1892, J. F. Duthie 11563 (K); Zaiwan, Sind valley, on open cliff faces, 10,500ft., 17.6.1940, Ludlow & Sherriff 7647 (BM); Baltal, Sind valley, 9500 ft., cleft of rocks, in clumps, 28.5.1941, Ludlow & Sherriff 8307 (BM); Dhani & Rampur, Kashmir, 1130–1400 m, 14–15.5.1954, F. Schmid 1678 (RAW); Sonamarg, a cliff plant, 9000 ft., R.R. Stewart 64071 (K); Srinagar near Phalgam, Aru valley, 30.6.1978, C.R. Lancaster 86 (BM); Neelam valley, Azad Kashmir, 8.8. 2018, Shabbir Ijaz 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107 (KUH); Shakar Gar, Neelam valley, 2600 m, on rocky crevices, 34N' 46.3º 07º, 74N' 44.1º 06E, herb, 3.7.2017, Mumtaz Hussain s.n. (H). C–7: Between Nathia gali and Dunga gali, ± 9000 ft., on cliffs and high slopes, common, variable in size of leaves, 17.6.1959, Jafri & Ali 3244 (K, KUH); Nathia, Hazara, May, 07, H. Deane s.n. (K); Nathia gulley, 15.6.1959, S.I. Ali 717 (KUH); ibid, 17.6.1959, S.I. Ali 825 (KUH); Changla gali, 29.5.1981, Y. Nasir & Khan 9563 (RAW); Jhika gali, Murree Hills, cliff in sun, 6900ʹ, 5.5.1956, R.R. Stewart 27534 (RAW); Patriata, Murree Hills, 6000 ft., May, 1928, R.R. Stewart & I. D. Stewart 5209 (RAW); Murree Hills, April 20, 1917, R.R. Stewart & I. D. Stewart 1642 (RAW); Changla gulley, hills, 16.6,1959, S.M.H. Jafri 3129 (KUH); ibid, 29.5.1981, Y. Nasir & Khan 9563 (RAW); Pindi Point, Murree, May–June, 1915, E. M. Saundes s.n. (K); Dadar, Kagan, 21.6.1897, 10,000 ft., J. F. Duthie s.n. (K).
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Perennial, caespitose herbs with a thick taproot. Stem erect or ascending, up to 30 cm tall, covered with hispidulus soft white hairs, more dense at the upper part. Cauline leaves sessile – shortly petiolate, 2–5 cm long, 0.5–0.8 (–1.0) cm wide, discolours, green, ventrally pale green. Basal leaves withering at anthesis, marcescent, scaly, petiole ca 1 cm long, cauline leaves sessile – shortly petiolate, lamina 2 – 5 cm long, 0.5 – 0.8 (–1.0) cm wide, lanceolate – oblanceolate or elliptic, discolorous, dorsally green, ventrally pale green, mid vein distinct, glabrous or sparsely villous–strigillose above, sparsely glandular beneath, somewhat rolled with 2–3 shallow teeth, apex acute–mucronate, base attenuate–cuneate, margins entire, sparsely ciliate, upper leaves similar, 1.2 –1.5 cm long, 0.3–0.6 cm wide, lanceolate. Capitula terminal, solitary or 2 on each branch, 1–2 cm across, bracteate, peduncle naked, sparsely–densely pubescent, intermixed with stipitate glands. Involucre campanulate, 8–10 mm in diameter. Phyllaries 2–3–seriate, scarious, erose, glabrescent–sparsely pubescent, lanceolate–linear, acuminate with pointed tips, outer phyllaries 4–5 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide, middle ones 5–6 mm long, ca 1.2 mm wide, midvein distinctly ridged proximally in outer and middle phyllaries, innermost 7–8 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide. Ray florets pink to white, 15–25, ligules hairy, 6–12 mm long, 1.5 – 2.5 mm wide, corolla tube 3.5–4 mm long. Disc florets campanulate, yellow, 4–6 mm long, tube 2–2.5 mm long, limb 2 – 3.5 mm long including 1 mm long, triangular lobes. Cypselas 3–4 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, pale brownish, linear, 4–ribbed, densely strigillose, eglandular. Pappus 2–3–seriate, outermost series scaly, scales up to 1.5 mm long, middle ones bristly, bristles ca 4 mm long, inner most 5–6 mm long, dirty white–buff.
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