Published In:
Flora Atlantica 1: 151, pl. 41. 1798. ( Fl. Atlant.)   
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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.: January-April.
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Type:
Type: ‘Habitat in arenis prope Tozzer et Elhammah’, Coll. Ignot. (P).
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Distribution:
Distribution: Senegal, N. Africa, Arabia, Iraq, Trans Jordon, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
Variable in size of the plant and its pubescence.
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Illustration:
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Map Location:
B, C-6 Khyber Agency: Yaka Khund, Abdul Rashid 1 (PPFI-B); Khyber Pass, Qazilbash 2488 (K); Besai Wali, A. R. Beg 28 (PPFI-B); Peshawar: Peshawar, April 1907, H. Deane s.n. (K); Kachi Garhi, 29.4.1959, N. Ali s.n. (RAW); Islamia College, March 1919, R. R. Stewart s.n. (RAW); Nowshera, S. A. Khan & Afridi 8 (PPFI¬B); B-7 Hazara: Lawrencepur-Ghazi rd., Fosberg & Y. Nasir 57838 (US); Attock: Kalachita hills, coll. ignot. (PPFI-B); Almora, Burtt 557 (PPFI-B); Campbellpur, R. R. Stewart 7756 (RAW); id., Yerbury s.n. (BM); Dhok Pattan, R. R. Stewart & E. Nasir 27879 (RAW); C-7 Rawalpindi and Islamabad: Margalla, 2200', M. Nath 1166 (KUH); Rawalpindi, Aitchison 762 (K); Jhelum: Langarpur, R. R. Stewart 524 (KUM; 526 (K); 576 (RAW); Salt Range, hill near Mandiala, Fleming 69 (K); C-8 Gujranwala: Bhakkar, S. A. Khan 8 (PPFI-B); Mianwali: D-6 On way to Isakhel, M. Qaiser & Sultanul Abedin 6294 (KUH); Kala Bagh, Indus vy., J. R. Drummond 13773 (K); Mianwali, Kazmi 5369; 5382 (M); id., 6.3.1956, Coll. Ignot (KUH); D. I. Khan: C-6 D. I. Khan, Paxton 1624 (RAW); 50 km N. of D. I. Khan, Rech. f., 30025 (M); D. I. Khan-Shahpur, Schlagintweit 10585 (E); Sargodha: C-7 Manga Taba, Khushab, Kabir s.n. (E, K); Taba, Khushab, 15.4.1904 Kabir s.n. in (E); Mt. Kirana, Shahpur, Mulchand 14696 (E, K); Lahore: D-8 Lahore, J. L. Stewart 2582 (K); id., nov. 1863, Williams s.n. (E); Waziristan: C-S, 6 Sarwaki, Kazmi 4427; 4480 (M); Tank, Hb. Walt no. 7173 (E); Baluchistan: Makran, Khuzdar-Wad, 32 miles, Sultanul Abedin & A. Hussain 7238 (KUH): Wad-Bela, Sultanul Abedin & A. Hussain 7236; 7239; 7254 (KUH); G-2 Turbat-Pasni, A. Ghafoor & M. Qaiser 158 (KUH); Kotdiji, Jafri 1054 (KUH); Khuzdar, R. House, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1178 (KUH); Panjgur, G. Popov 164; 188 (BM); Bela-Awaran, Sultanul Abedin & A. Hussain 5919 (KUH); Mund-Turbat, S. I. Ali et al 1004 (KUH); Uthal, Sultanul Abedin & A. Ghafoor 5884 (KUH); Hirok-Duzem, stony hills, Jafri 2970 (KUH); Murgha Kibzai, 1600 m, Rech. f. 29806 (M); Bela, J. Lamond 229 (E); Kalat, 10 km S. of Khuzdar, Rech. f. 27392 (M); id., J. Lamond 310; 316 (E); 100-150 km E. of Nokundi, Chagai, Rech. f. 27271 (M); id., J. Lamond 136 (E); 20th mile, Hoshab-Panjugr rd., Kazmi 1158 (M); id., A. Ghafoor & M. Qaiser 340 (KUH, RAW); Khuzdar-Wad, J. Lamond 205 (E); Pasni-Kappar, J. Lamond 463 (E); Quetta,Lace 3420 (E); Sind: Karachi: G-4 Naj Gaj-Karachi, 17th mile, M. Qaiser et al 2165, (KUH, RAW); beyond Bund Murad, M. A. Siddiqi 6767 (RAW); Nazimabad, 18.9.1959, M. Tasnif s.n. (KUH); along Lyari, Nazimabad, dry sandy ground, Jafri 809 (RAW, E); University Campus, 25.12.67, plush Gul s.n. (KUH); id., S. Khatoon 45 (KUH); Hawkes Bay, Jafri 365 IKUH); id., Burtt 1561 (E); Memon Goth, Jafri 1276 (KUH, E); K. D. A. Water Plant, Karachi, A. Ghafoor & M. Qaiser 372 (KUH, RAW); Karachi-Dadu, J. Lomond 870 (E); Dabeji, S. A. Kheri s.n. (KUH); near Paradise Point, Jafri 1081 (KUH); Hub river rd., near Baldia Colony, 11.1.1959, S. I. Ali s.n. (KUH); Hyderabad: G-8 Hyderabad, 13.1.1969, M. Ashraf s.n. (KUH, RAW); Naokot-Diplo, M. Qaiser 3659 (KUH); Karachi-Hyderabad, 70th mile, A. Ghafoor 410 (KUH); T. B. Khan-Dooband, Kamal Akhter & Nazimuddin 696 (KUH).
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Annual branched perennial 45 cm or more tall, strigosely hairy, with some hairs arising from a bulbous base. Stem 3-5 mm thick at base, erect to suberect. Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 20-55 x 5-16 mm, hairy, undulate, nerves impressed above with short strigose hairs. Inflorescence 30-60 mm long, usually terminal with uniseriate flowers. Calyx c. 2.5 mm long, 5-partite, hairy; lobes ovate-lanceolate; Corolla white, 3-3.5 mm long, lobes obtuse-undulate. Anthers narrow ovate, 1 mm long, sessile, attached c. 1.1 mm above the corolla base. Stigma 1.1 mm long, conical, glabrous, sometimes minutely 2-fid at apex, base lobed, style shorter than stigma. Ovary globose. Fruit subglobose, 4-lobed. Nutlets 2 mm long, not margined, separating at maturity, back with strigose hairs, obscurely rugulose.
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