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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:
SHAHINA A. GHAZANFAR & YASIN J. NASIR
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: June-July.
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Type:
Type: Described from cultivated plants.
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Distribution:
Distribution: Europe, N.W. Africa, Arabia, temperate Asia.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
Common in the northern areas of Pakistan from 1540-3048 m. A variable species, especially in Europe, but fairly homogeneous in Pakistan. Distinguished by its many nerved, inflated calyx. Sometimes confused with Cucubalus baccifer due L. due to a similar inflated calyx in the flowering stage, but differentiated by its bifid, not multifid petal limb, and usually glabrous leaves and stems.
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Map Location:
A-7 Chitral: Yarkhun, Bowes-Lyon 963 (BM; RAW); Kurds, 7200', Ch Gol, M. Ali 1704 (PPFI-B); Kogozi stream, 9000', 17.4.1950, I.I. Choudhri 214 (RAW); Chitral Gol, Hakim Khan s.n. (RAW); Brimbret, 5000', 29.7.1954, M. A. Siddiqi & A. Rehman 26834 (RAW); below Zapotili, c. 3500 m, 9.7.1950, P. Wendelbo, s.n. (RAW); Brir (Kafiristan), c. 30 cm, erect, 22.6.1970, M. Qaiser & Abdul Ghafoor 1912 (KUH); Bomburait, A. Samad 1425 (PPFI-B); 1306 (PPFI-B); B-6, 7 Dir: Kulandi, Mir A. Khan 90 (RAW); 8 miles from Lowari towards Dir, 20.6.66, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1815 (KUH); Lowari Pass to 6.8.1954, M. A. Siddiqi & A. Rehman 26835 (RAW); Dir to Lowari, ± 7000, 6.7.1978, Y. Nasir 5095 (RAW); Darpir, Tirah, 23.6.68, Naseeb Khan s.n. (PPF-B); B-7 Swat: Gabral, 6.7.66, E. Nasir & Zaffar All 3988; 4012 (RAW); Moun west of Swat river, above Bahrein, 6-7000', 17 August, 1952, R.J. Rodin 5 (RAW); Swat,,Utrore. E. Nasir & M.A. Siddiqi 982 (RAW); Hazara: Kaghan, Gittidas, 9.8.1954, Metz s.n. (RAW); Kaghan, 11.9.1955, A.H. Khan (PPFI-B); Naran, 30.7.54, Ch. Shaukat Ali s.n. (RAW); Sharan, ± 7700, Y. Nasir & Khan 8800 (RAW); Hazara, Jansali, c. 3300' 25.4.1969, Y. Nasir & Zaffar Ali 5489 (RAW); Abbottabad, 7.8.52, I. Hussain (PPFI-B); Dunga Gali, Y. Nasir & Khan 9598 (RAW); Hazara, 1897, J.F. Duthie 21170 (RAW); Naran,19.7.76, S. Qasim 8252 (RAW); Naran, nr. water, in shade common, 9000', 21.6.59, Jafri & 3404 (KUH; E); 2 miles from Mahandri, on way to Naran, 8.7.1977, K. Akhtar M. Qaiser 266 (KUH); Babusar village, M.A. Siddiqi & Y. Nasir 2789 (RAW); Daral Forest, 4.9.68, Imdad Khan 1009 (PPFI-B); B-8 Gilgit Agency: Deosai to Chilam, ± 11000', 7.8.1955, G. L Webster & E. Nasir 6429 (RAW); Dashkin, 25.6.1950, A.H. Khan, s.n. (PPFI-B); Kashmir: Lepa vy., 6800', 30.8.69, Jan Mohd. s.n. (RAW).
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Plants up to 68 cm tall, with a branched woody stock. Stems weak, glabrous, greenish-yellow, erect to ascending, scarcely branching. Leaves 25-50 x 15-25 mm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, obovate to spathulate, base attenuate; acute, surface glabrous, margin scabrid. Bracts and .bracteoles lanceolate-linear, often carious. Inflorescence a few-flowered dichasium. Pedicels slender, glabrous. Calyx 14-18 (-20) mm, campanulate, inflated, in fruit bladdery, greenish-yellow; glabrous; teeth broadly triangular, acute; nerves about 20, distinct. Petals white pink, limb 5- 6 mm, deeply bifid; claw 12-13 mm, auriculate. Coronal small or sometimes absent. Carpophore 3-4 mm, glabrous. Capsule c. 10 mm, contracted at the mouth. Seeds c. 1 mm long, reniform, black, with tube arranged in concentric rings.
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