Asteraceae |
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Erigeron L. |
E. acer L., Sp. PL 863 (1753). Perennial herb. Stems up to 45 cm, sparsely to moderately hirsute-pubescent, branched above and bearing several to many capitula. Leaves glabrescent or hirsute-pubescent on both surfaces; basal ones oblanceolate or spathulate, up toc. 12 x 1.5 cm, apex acute or obtuse, base attentuate to subpetiolate, margin usually entire; cauline leaves oblanceolate or elliptic. Involucre 1-1.5 cm broad; phyllaries 2-3-seriate, linear-lanceolate, 3-8 mm long, usually shorter than disc, glandular and/or hirsute-pubescent. Ray flowers numerous (60-120); ligules erect, 3-5 x 0.2-0.3 mm, purplish-pink or white. Eligulate female flowers 2.5-3.5 mm. Disc flowers c. 4-5.5 mm. Achenes oblanceolate, 2-2.5x0.35 mm, sparsely pubescent. Fl. 6-8. Fields and slopes nr streams, 1250-2600 m. 1. Ligules as long as or slightly longer than disc flowers subsp. acer 1. Ligules 3-4 mm longer than disc flowers subsp. pycnotrichus subsp. pycnotrichus (Vierh.) Grierson, in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 33:430 (1975). Syn: Trimorpha pycnotricha Vierh. inBeih. Bot. Centr. 19(2):456, t. 3 f. 4 (1906)! T. cappadocica Vierh., op. cit. 440! T, isaurica Vierh., op. cit. 457! Erigeron orientalis auct. non Boiss. Syntypes: [Turkey C5 Niğde] prope argenti fodinas Bulgar Magara, 2285 m, Kotschy 303 (W!); au dessus de Boulgarmaden, Balansa. Widespread in Anatolia. A4 Ankara: Kizilcahamam, Aliş Da., 1250 m, Khan et al. 580! A6 Ordu: Çambasi at Semen, 2200 m, Tobey 1439! A7 Gümüşane: Istavri, 1980 m, Balls 2003! A8 Rize: 8 km from Rize to Ispir, 1500 m, Stn. & Hend. 6248! A9 Kars: Susuz, 1750 m, D. 39637! B5 Kayseri: Erciyas Da. above Hacılar, c. 2300 m, Zederbauer 378 (holotype of T. cappadocica)! B6 Sivas: 37 km W. of Gürün, 1750 m, Sorger 71-54-2! B7 Erzincan: Deliklutasch nr Egin (Kemaliye), Sint. 1889:950! B8 Erzurum: 29 km from Hinis to Pasinler, 1800 m, D. 46396! B9 Bitlis: Asliagi, N. of Şatak, 2300 m, Frödin 126! B10 Kars; Ağri Da. at Serdar Bulak, 2300 m, D. 46928! C3 Isparta: Mt. Anemas, 1830 m, Heldr. 1206 (type of T. isaurica). C5 Niğde: Bulghar Magara, 2600 m, Siehe 1895:556! C9 Van: d. Çatak, Görentaş, 2000 m, D. 23231! C10 Hakkari: Sat. Da. above Yüksekova, 2600 m, Duncan & Tait 133! Iran, Afghanistan. Distribution of species: widespread throughout Europe and temperate Asia. Euro-Sib, element. The division of E. acer in Turkey into two subspecies is in line with the treatment of this widely distributed species by Wagenitz (in Hegi, 111. Fl. Mittel-Eur. 6(3): 78-81, 1964). The subspecies here do not seem particularly well separated geographically or ecologically, but further east, in Iran and Afghanistan, subsp. pycnotrichus, which may be able to with-stand somewhat drier conditions than subsp. acer, appears to predominate. |