Boraginaceae |
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Anchusa azurea MILLER var. macrocarpa (BOISS. ET HOHEN.) CHAMB. |
Anchusa azurea MILLER var. macrocarpa (BOISS. ET HOHEN.) CHAMB |
Anchusa L. |
A. azurea Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 8: no. 9 (1768). Coarsely hispid to strigose perennial; stems erect, 20-150 cm. Leaves linear-elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 50-200 x 6-40 mm, ± entire to faintly undulate-crenate; indumentum dense, of soft or stiff setae. Inflorescence elongating considerably in fruit, bracts minute, linear-lanceolate. Calyx c. 8 mm in flower, 12-15 mm in fruit, divided almost to base into linear, acute lobes. Corolla violet or deep blue, occasionally paler or even white, tube 6-10 mm; lobes 5-8 mm. Stamens inserted at top of tube and overlapping the scales. Nutlets 6-10 x 2-3 mm, oblong, erect. Fl. 4-7. Fields, dry steppe, etc., s.1.-2500 m. 1. Leaves herbaceous, setulose to hispid 2. Leaves hispid to tuberculate-setulose (indumentum monomorphic); upper leaves linear var. azurea 2. Leaves setulose and pubescent (indumentum dimorphic); upper leaves broadly lanceolate var. macrocarpa 1. Leaves subcoriaceous, sparsely setulose var. kurdica var. macrocarpa (Boiss. & Hohen.) Chamb. in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 35:298 (1977). Syn: A. macrocarpa Boiss. & Hohen. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(4):42 (1844)! A. italica Retz var. macrocarpa (Boiss. & Hohen.) Guşul. in Bul. Fac. Ştiinte Cern. 1:273 (1927)! Map 26, p. 395. Type: [N. Iraq] in humidis montium Kurdistaniae (Qara Da.), 1842, Kotschy '564'-sphalm. = 364 (iso. K!). S.E. Anatolia; rare. B9 Van: Çatak to Gurundaşt, 1800 m, Nâbélek 574. C9 Hakkari: Zab river, 25 km above Hakkari, 1370 m, Trelawny 1207! C10 Hakkari: Yüksekova, 1950 m, D. 45835! N. Iraq, W. Iran. A record of var. macrocarpa from C4 Konya (Karaman, Andrasovszky 619) is probably referable to var. azurea. |