| Asteraceae |
 Picris hieracioides |
Picris L. |
| P. hieracioides L., Sp. Pl. 792 (1753). Syn: Crepis hieracioides (L.) Lam., Fl. Fr. 2:111 (1779); Hedypnois hieracioides (L.) Huds., Fl. Angl. 340 (1778); Picris ruderalis Schmidt ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 3 :1558 (1803)! P. humifusa Willd. in Ges. Nat. Freunde Berlin Mag. 1:137 (1807)! P. rigida Ledeb. ex Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 3:663 (1826)! P. spinulosa Bert. ex Guss., Fl. Sic. Syn. 2(l):400 (1843); P. stricta Jordan in Linnaea 23:496 (1850). Ic: Hegi, I11. Fl. Mittel-Eur. 6(2): f. 725 (1928). Erect annual, biennial or short-lived perennial with indumentum containing minute lanate hairs and 2-barbed glochids. Stems 30-120 cm, usually subcorym-bose with short lateral branches. Basal leaves oblanceolate, 9-2 x 1-4.5 cm, attenuate at base, margins usually coarsely and distantly dentate; cauline linear-oblanceolate, ± entire, decreasing in size above. Peduncles not thickened. Involucres 1-1.3 x 1-1.5 cm. Ligules exserted c. 6 mm from involucre. Achenes homomorphic, fusiform, 3-4 mm, glabrous. Pappus hairs 5.5-6.5 mm, numerous, plumose. Fl. 6-9. Meadows, river banks, roadsides, 340-2300 m. Described from Germany, England, Belgium and France (Hort. Cliff. 387 no. 2, BM!). N., E. & S. Anatolia. A2(A) Bursa: Ulu Da., Gökdere, Heilbronn! A4 Kasta-monu: Inebolu, Sint. 1892:5175! A5 Kastamonu: Schakirla (Çakirlar), Sint. 1892:5348! A6 Ordu: W. of Ordu towards Samsun, Rech. 32961! A7 Giresun: 30 km W. of Trabzon towards Giresun, Rech. 37735! A8 Erzurum: pass between Tortum and Oltu, 2300 m, D. 47609 ! A9 Kars: Boğazköy on the road to Göle, 1960 m, Buttler 14519! B6 Sivas: 35 km from Gürün to Pinarbaşi, 1700 m, Stn. & Hend. 5709! B7 Erzincan: Sipikör, nr Jerbatan, Sint. 1890:3312! C3 Konya: d. Beyşehir, Hoyran, D. 16118! C5 Niğde: S. bank of river below Maden, 1524 m, Darrah 525! C6 Hatay: Djebel Mousa nr Antioch (Antakya), Haradj. 3168! Europe eastwards to Siberia; Transcaucasia? Euro-Sib. element. Introduced to N. America, S. Africa and Australia. |