Asteraceae |
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Centaurea L. |
C. pseudoscabiosa Boiss. & Buhse in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 12:131 (1860). Perennial, 15-90 cm, stem erect, simple or with few branches, hispid or slightly tomentose to subglabrous. Basal and lower leaves usually lyrate with 1-3 pairs of lanceolate lateral segments and a much larger terminal segment or more rarely lanceolate, undivided or like median leaves pinnatisect to pinnatifid with 2-4 pairs of lateral segments, segments entire or (especially terminal) dentate. Involucre (17-)20-28 x 14-25 mm, oblong-ovoid to subglobose. Appendages covering only part of phyllaries, dark brown, triangular with a decurrent ciliate margin and a short, 1-5 mm, terminal spine. Flowers purple, marginal scarcely radiant. Achenes 5-6(-7) mm; pappus -10(-11) mm, inner row (l.5-)2-3 mm. 1. Appendages very small, cilia only 1.5-2(-3) mm; involucre usually only 15-17 mm broad subsp. araratica 1. Appendages larger, cilia (2-)3-5 mm; involucre usually broader 2. Plant usually over 40 cm, branched in upper part subsp. pseudoscabiosa 2. Plant usually up to 35 cm, unbranched or branched from near base subsp. glehnii subsp. glehnii (Trautv.) Wagenitz in Willdenowia 6:500 (1972). Syn: C. glehnii Trautv. in Acta Horti Petrop. 4:382 pro parte [quoad var. purpurea Trautv.] (1876)! Colymbada glehnii (Trautv.) Holub in Preslia 45:144 (1973)! Fl. 6-7. Rocky slopes, 1600-2750 m. Type: [Soviet Armenia] in Armenia rossica, inter Alexandropol (Leninakan) et Mastara, vi 1875, Radde 211 (hoio. LE!). E. Anatolia. A8 Erzurum: 30-32 km from Oltu to Tortum, 2100-2200 m, D.47624! 9 Kars: mts. E. of Kağizman, 20 km from Akçay to Cumaçay, 2200 m, D. 46710! B9 Ağri: Doğubayazit to Ağri, 53 km E. of Ağrı, 1900 m, Lamond 5031! Van: 36 km from Başkale to Hoşap, 2750 m, D. 45988! B10 Ağri/Kars: between Doğubayazit and Iğdir, 1620 m, 22 vi 1964, M.Zohary & Plitm.! |