Dipsacaceae

Cephalaria speciosa

Cephalaria SCHRADER EX ROEMER ET SCHULTES Cephalaria speciosa BOISS. ET KOTSCHY Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 7 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 8 Habitat: kayalık yamaçlar Minimum yükseklik: 1370 Maksimum yükseklik: 2300 Endemik: endemik Element: İran-Turan Türkiye dağılımı: D. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Türkiye Bulunduğu kareler:B7 B8 B9

C. speciosa Boiss. & Kotschy in Boiss., Fl. Or. 3:121 (1875).   Stout perennial clothed in stellate hairs, stems up to 1·5 m. Basal leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire or crenate-serrate; cauline leaves lyrate with small lateral segments. Capitula 3-4·5 cm diam.; flowers cream or pale yellow. Involucral bracts ovate to triangular-lanceolate; receptacular bracts narrowly triangular-lanceolate, acuminate; both pubescent and adpressed-pilose, ciliate, straw-coloured. Involucel 7-10 mm long, pilose, with 4 long and 4 short apical teeth. Calyx cupuliform with ciliate setae. Fl. 7-8. Rocky slopes, 1370-2300 m.   Type: [Turkey B8/9 Muş] inter Koweg et Goschkar prov. Musch Armeniae australis, 1525-1830 m, Kotschy 403 (iso. K!).   E. Anatolia. B7 Tunceli: Munzur Da., in Aksu De. above Ovacik, 1700 m, D. 31462! and D. 31224! Erzincan: Keşiş Da. above Cimin, 2300 m, D. 31828! 27 km N.W. of Erzincan, on way to Refahiye, 1560 m, Hııb.-Mor. 12885! B8 Erzincan: Aşkale to Tercan, 1700 m, D. 32657! Muş: pass E. of Solhan, between Muş and Solhan, 1670 m, Hub.-Mor. 11354!   Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. Related to C. stellipilis. A specimen from C6 Maraş (d. Göksun, Binboğa Da. above Yalak, 2000 m, D. 20159!) possibly belongs here but has ovate-oblong receptacular bracts which are blackish, and smaller (1-2 cm diam.) capitula.