Published In:
The Flora of British India 3: 333. 1881. (March 1881) ( Fl. Brit. India)  
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(Last Modified On 12/28/2011)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 12/28/2011)
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Contributor Text:
M. Qaiser and Rubina Abid
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Contributor Institution:
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Karachi. and Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
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Synonym Text:
Doronicum turkestanicum Cavill. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genev. 13-14: 301. 1911.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: June-August
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Type:
Lectotype: Karakorum: 14000 ft, 9 August, 1876, C. B. Clarke 32058A (K!, Designated by Alvarez & Nieto, l. c.).
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
A plant of higher altitudes 12000-15000 ft, in open rocky places, gullies and along water channels.
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Map Location:
A-7 Gilgit Dist.: Ichman, Khaltarow, Haramosh, 3500 m, 21.8.2004, Sher Wali Khan & Shabbir Hasan 644A,B (KUH); B-6 Chitral Dist.: Madaglasht, Chitral, 13500 ft, July, 1908, S. M.Toppin 142 (K); close to Boggy camp, 13698 ft, W. M. Conway 211 (K); B-7 Hazara: Gittidas, 27.8.1954, Ch. Shaukat Ali & Dr. Metz 157 (BM); Tilail, 13000 ft, 23.8.1876, C. B. Clarke 30670A (K); Kero Lugma Glacier, left bank, 12-13000 ft, oblation valley, 24.7.1939, R. Scott Russell 1291 (BM), Gharesa Glacier, North facing slope 12 miles, east of Nagar, grassy earthy banks lateral moraine 12750 ft, 14.8.1960, O. Polunin 6238 (BM); Kaghan valley, between Balakot and Babusar Pass, Abel 94 (BM); B-8 Gilgit: Rama valley, S. W. of Astor, Gilgit agency 35º20'N, 75º50'E 12000 ft, 2.8.1967, T. E. Lancaster & T. A. S. Pearson 1357 (BM); Astor (Kashmir), 21.7.1892, J. F. Duthie 12164 (BM, K); Kashmir, without precise locality, 13000 ft, Falconer (K); B-9 Kashmir: Karakorum mountains, Masherbruam near base camp, Block Scree and a gulley, protected from yakes, 15000 ft, September 1982, F. G. Davis s. n. (K); Makeram, Hispar glacier (12500-13500 ft), R. Scott Russell 1424 (BM); Hispar glacier, left bank, Turmun-Makeram, 11000-11500 ft, 18.7.1939, R. Scott Russell 1235 (BM); Minapin Nagar state, Karakorum, 12000 ft, 8.7.1961, Lyold & Megan 81 (BM).
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Plants up to 90 cm tall with ± woody rhizome. Stem unbranched, distinctly ribbed, ± glabrate on the lower side, glandular pubescent especially on the upper part, becoming dense when reaching near the capitula. Leaves 2-7 x 0.5-2.75 cm, elliptic to obovate, entire, petiole 1-4.5 cm, upper leaves becoming shorter and almost sessile, glandular pubescent. Capitula solitary, rarely 2, glandular villous at base, 3-6 cm in diameter. Phyllaries herbaceous, narrowly ovate to ovate lanceolate, 1.4-2.5 cm x 1.5-2.75 mm, acuminate. Florets yellow, ray florets corolla 2-3 cm long; disc floret corolla 4.5-5.3 mm long, cypselas monomorphic, elliptic, brown, 1.5-2 mm long, pappus 6-8 mm long, creamish – somewhat reddish.
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