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Published In: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(2): 122. 1862. (Prodr.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Acceptance : Accepted
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Contributor Text: A. RADCLIFFE-SMITH
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: Apr: Sept. Fr. Per.: May-Nov.
Type: Holotype: Kashmir, 1831, V. Jacquernont s.n. (P).
Distribution: Distribution: N.W. India. On steep grassy hillsides, in sand, on old avalanche tracks, by roadsides; 3300'/1000 m. - 12300'/3750 m.
Comment/Acknowledgements: Duthie 13863, only 25 cm tall, and with the leaves 2 cm long, is intermediate between this species and Euphorbia micractina Boiss. (q.v.).
Illustration: Euphorbia cornigera Boiss. (Illustration)
Map Location: B-6 Chitral: Chitral, 1949, Hassan Din 255 (RAW); Lowari Pass, 24 Jun. 1953, M.A. Siddiqi 27093 (RAW); 19 km. Dir - Darosh, 18 Jul. 1971, Sultan-ul-Abedin 7920 (KUH); c. 30 km. Dir - Chitral, 28 May 1979, P.H. Dunn s.n. (K); Chitral/Dir: Lowari Hills, 6 Jun. 1950, I.I. Chaudhri 233 (RAW); Lowari Pass to Dir, 6 Aug. 1954, M.A. Siddiqi & A. Rahman 26778 (RAW); Dir: Gujar, 19 Jul. 1963, E. Nasir 1784 (RAW); 13 km. Lowari Top to Dir, 20 Jun. 1970, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1812 (KUH); B-7 Swat: Sho Nala, 22 Aug. 1953, A. Rahman 71 (BM); 1957, R.R. Stewart & K. Ogino (fide Stewart); Jabba, 19 Jul. 1963, E. Nasir 1784 (RAW); 21 Aug. 1972, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4813 (KUH); Hazara: Dojah nila, Shinkiari, 6 Jun. 1899, Inayat s.n. (K); Sharhan, Kagan, 14 Jun. 1899, Inayat s.n. (K); Kagan Valley, 1/7 Jul. 1920, R.R. Stewart 6010 (K); 30 Jun. 1953, F. Schmid 253 (BM); Thandiani, 25 Jul. 1956, R.R. Stewart 27761 (BM); above Dadar, 20 Apr. 1970, Y. Nasir 5949 (RAW); Mt. Makra, 6 Jul. 1975, Y. & L Nash & E.J. Ecker 7695 (RAW); Paya - Mt. Makra, Kaghan, 24 Jun. 1978, Y. Nasir & W. Meijer 8846 (RAW); ? Muzaffarabad: Mari, 4 Aug. 1880, A.P. Young s.n. (BM); Punch: Lun Bagla above Chenari (fide Stewart); B-8 Gilgit - Wazarat: Kamri Pass, 1885, Surg. Maj. G.M. Giles s.n. (K); Muzaffarabad; Tilpatra Forest, nr. Rampur, Jhelum Valley, 6 Jul. 1940, F. Ludlow & G. Sheriff 7729 (BM); Kashmir North: ‘Nowgunge’, 18 Jul. 1876, C.B. Clarke 29171A, B (K); 29171 C (BM); Gulmarg, Aug. 1877, Dr. J.E.T. Aitchison 93 (K); Kajnag Range, 15 May 1892, J.F. Duthie 10936 (K); Nr. Gulmarg, 23 May 1892, J.F. Duthie 11207 (BM, K); 25 May 1892, J.F. Duthie 12225 (BM, K); Sept. 1922, Maj. J.H. Barbour s.n. (BM); May 1936, P. Timmins 106 (BM); 10 Jul. 1978, C.R. Lancaster 25 (BM); ? Kashmir North/South: Kishensar Lake, 3 Sept. 1956, O. Polunin 56/662 (BM); Kashmir South: Gangan (Kangan) - Ganderbal, Sind Valley, 21 Apr. 1848, T. Thomson s.n. (K); Baltal, 28 Sept. 1848, T. Thomson s.n. (K); Srinagar, 10 Jul. 1891, G.A. Gammie s.n. (K); ‘Kashmir’, no date, Col. H.H. Rich B 183 (K); May 1906, Lady J.M. Douie 41 (K); Sonamarg, 16 Aug. 1922, R.R. Stewart s.n. (K); Thajiwas, 7 Jun. 1971, N.K.B. Robson 2025 (BM), 8 Jun. 1971, N.K.B. Robson 2053 (BM); ? B-8/9 Baltistan: Chatpani Nala, 29 Aug. 1893, J. F. Duthie 13863 (BM, K); ? B/C-7 And Kashmir: Salun Tinai, 13 Jul. 1953, Jan Mohd s.n. (RAW); B/C-8 Kashmir South: Pahlgam. Lidder Valley, 22 Jul. 1920, R.R. Stewart 5358 (K); 31 Jul. 1945, R.R. Stewart 21509 (K); 30 Aug. 1945, R.R. Stewart 21830a (K); C-7 Rawalpindi: Murree Hills, 27 May 1851, Dr. A. Fleming 124 (K); Lower Forest Road, Murree, Aug. 1915, Miss E.M. Saunders s.n. (K); Upper Topa, Sept. 1920, Maj. J.H Barbour s.n. (BM); Karor - Murree, 19 Oct. 1967, Y. Nasir & Z. Ali 7883 (RAW); Patriata, 2 Aug. 1970, Y. Nasir 7015 (RAW); Margalla Hills behind Islamabad, 19 Nov. 1971, M.A. Siddiqi &Y. Nasir 6629 (RAW); Mirpur: Nakial, 20 Apr. 1954, R.R. Stewart 27297 p.p. (RAW); 29 Sept. 1956, M.A. Siddiqi 27688 (RAW); C-7/8 Punch: Taulipii, 10 Jun. 1954, A. Rashid 27015 (BM); C-8 Punch: Aliabad, 6 Jul. 1876, C.B. Clarke 28908 C, A (K); Raikot - Aliabad, 28 Jun. 1952, R.R. Stewart & E. Nasir 23862 (RAW); Punch/Kashmir South: Pir Panjal, 6 Jul. 1876, C.B. Clarke 28738A (K); ? Riasi: ‘Ruttun’ (Rattan) Ph, 4 Jul. 1876, C.B. Clarke 28292, 28336, 28359 (K); 23 Aug. 1891, G.A. Gammie s.n. (K); Kashmir South: Drawa or Darawa Pass, 14 Jun. 1847, J.E. Winter-bottom 438 (K); Mt. Westerwan, 4 May 1848, T. Thomson s.n. (K); Liddar Valley, 17 Jul. 1893, J.F. Duthie 14183 (BM); Nowboog Valley, 24 May 1939, F. Ludlow 35 (BM); Phryslen - Chandawara, E. Lidder Valley, 3 Jun. 1971. Mrs. Shulman in N.K.B. Robson 1959 (BM); Kashmir South/Udhampur: Banihal Pass, 13 May 1847, J.E. Winterbottom 194 (K); 8 May 1848, T. Thomson s.n. (K); Udhampur: Badarwar (Bhadarwah), 1/2 Jun. 1848, T. Thomson s.n. (K); C-9 Udhampur: Shol, 16 Jun. 1848, T. Thomson s.n. (K).

 

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An erect glabrous or sparingly pubescent or pilose perennial herb upto 1 m tall, although commonly 40-70 cm tall, with several stems arising from a stout woody stock. Stem-leaves alternate, sessile; leaf-blades oblong-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, sometimes narrowly so, (2-) 3-7 (-10) x 0.5-2 cm, acute, subacute, obtuse or rounded at the apex, attenuate, cuneate or rounded at the base, minutely serrulate, at least towards the tip, or subentire, obscurely penninerved. Pseudumbels 5-9 (-15)-rayed, the rays trifid then bind; several axillary rays or branches developed below the pseudumbels; pseudumbel leaves 5-9 (-15), whorled, ovate to lanceolate and varying considerably in size; ray-leaves whorled (in 3’s) or opposite, deltoid, ovate, rhombic or suborbicular, 0.5-2 x0.5-2 cm, subacute to rounded at the apex, rounded-cuneate to truncate at the base, green or yellowish. Cyathia sessile. Glands transversely elliptic, rounded on the outer edge, yellow. Fruit trilobate-subglobose, 5 x 6 mm, covered with narrowly conical processes 0.5-1 mm long, glabrous or sparingly pubescent and glabrescent. Styles erect, united to c. halfway, 3.5 mm long, shortly bifid. Seeds ovoid-subglobose, 2.5 x 2 x 1.75 mm, smooth, pale grey, with a small subterminal subglobose caruncle.
 
 
 
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