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Heracleum persicum DESF. |
 Heracleum persicum DESF |
Heracleum L. |
| H. persicum Desf. in Cat. PL Horti Paris ed. 3:452 (1829). Syn: H. glabrescens Boiss. &Hohen. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. l(10):41 (1849); H.pubescens sensu Boiss., Fl. Or. 2:1044 (1872) pro parte, non Bieb. (1819). ?H. pubescens Bieb. var. laeve Freyn & Sint. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 42:123 (1892). Map 70, p. 495. Stout, aromatic perennial, 0•75-1•5 m. Stem more than 1 cm diam. below, sulcate, ± sparsely hirsute. Lower leaves large, 1-pinnate, lamina over 40 cm long; leaflets usually 5, glabrous above, puberulent beneath, pinnately divided into ovate to lanceolate, bluntly serrate dentate lobes. Upper cauline leaves with ovate-oblong, ± inflated, retuse sheaths. Rays 20-50, unequal, 3-16 cm. Bracteoles linear-lanceolate. Flowers white, the outer radiant. Ovary hirtellous. Fruits cuneate-obovate, 13-15x6-7 mm, densely pubescent to villosulous; dorsal vittae clavate, ? as long as mericarp; commissural vittae 2, ? as long as meri-carp. Fl. 6-7. By streams, in valleys and ravines, 1850-2140 m. Described from Iran. S. (Anti-Taurus) and S.E. Anatolia. B6 Maraş: Binboğa Da., on N.E. side of IşikDa., 1900 m, D. 20079! B8 Muş: S. side of Bingöl Da. nr. Gumgum, Kotschy 1859:383 (as H. pubescens). B9 Bitlis: Reşadiye to Kotum, 2000 m, D. 22391! Van: Zarnabad nr. Van, Tchitouny 287. C9 Hakkari: Cilo Da., at Sua, 2135 m, D. 24260! C10 Hakkari: Sat Da. nr. Varegöz, 1850 m, D. 45729! N. & N.W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. |