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Carduus hamulosus EHRH. subsp. hamulosus EHRH. |
 Carduus hamulosus EHRH. subsp. hamulosus EHRH. |
Carduus L. |
| C. hamulosus Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 7:166 (1792). Biennial, 20-60(-100) cm, sparsely arachnoid. Stem narrowly undulate-winged with triangular, shortly spinulose-margined lobes, sparsely branched. Cauline leaves pinnatifid to ½-¾, primary segments 2-3-fid into ovate-triangular, shortly spinulose-margined lobes, often grey-tomentellous below. Peduncles long, 5-20 cm, spinulose-lobulate below, ± naked and tomentose above. Involucre solitary, depressed-globose, subglabrous, 20-30 x 25-40 mm; phyllaries gradually imbricate or outer ½-1 x as long as median, lax, outer lanceolate, median lanceolate-linear, 1-nerved above broadened base, ± recurved towards acute spinulose apex. Corollas zygomorphic, purple (rarely white), 18-25 mm. Achenes c. 4 mm, brown?; pappus 14-17 mm. Fl. 6-8. 1. Phyllaries attenuate above broadened basal portion, gradually enlarging from base to apex of involucre subsp. hamulosus 1. Phyllaries more gradually attenuate from near base, outer ½-1 x as long as median subsp. hystrix subsp. hamulosus. Syn: C. nigrescens Vill. subsp. hamulosus (Ehrh.) Arenes in Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n.s. 24:203 (1949); C. tauricus Klokov in Fl. URSR 11:569, t. 103 (1962); ? C. tyriacus Klokov, op. cit. 568, t. 102; C. pseudocollinus (Schmalh.) Klokov, op. cit. 510. Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 15: t. 875 (1853); Jáv. & Csap., Ic. Fl. Hung. 538 (1953). Map 46, p. 433. Highlands, in meadows and pastures, fallow fields, on clay and sandy soils, 1210-2150 m. Type: Hungaria?, J.J. Winter 1. E. Anatolia. A8 Erzurum: 59 km from Erzurum to Ispir, 1900 m, Hub.-Mor. 15955! A9 Kars: Kars to Ardahan, 1790 m, 24 vi 1964, M.Zohary & Plitm! B9 Ağri: 32 km W. of Doğubayazit, 1210 m, Furse 3554! 3553 (fls. white)! B9 Van: Hoşap to W. foot of Kepir Da., 1850 m, D. 47238! B1O Van: 5 km N.E. of Başkale, D. 45879! E. Austria to Hungary, S. Russia,/Crimea, Caucasia; N.W. Iran? Euro-Sib. element. |