Asteraceae |
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Centaurea L. |
C. karduchorum Boiss., Fl. Or. 3:633 (1875). Syn: C. poikilolepis Rech. fil. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 97:256, f. 8 (1950)! Figure 22, p. 561. Perennial with branched woody rootstock and numerous decumbent stems, 8-15(-20) cm, arising from base of rosette, with 1-2 capitula. Leaves grey-tomentose; basal and lower lyrate, terminal segment broadly lanceolate to ovate or nearly orbicular (7-20 mm broad), 2-5(1-6) pairs of smaller lateral segments of variable form (4-5 mm broad), rarely with intermixed small lobes, median and upper with fewer lateral segments or undivided, Involucre 13-19x10-15 mm. Appendages ovate-lanceolate, concealing basal part of phyllaries, not decurrent, brown, with 10-18 white 1.5-2.5 mm cilia on each side, terminal shorter. Flowers rose-purple, marginal scarcely radiant. Achenes 4-5 mm; pappus 1-2 mm, inner row shortest. Fl. 6-7. Rocks and screes, 1900-3000 m. Type: [Turkey B9 Van/Siirt] ad hospitium Chana Putkie ditionis Müküs Karduchiae ad lacum Van, 2130 m, x 1859, Kotschy, Suppl. 619 (iso. G! W!). S.E. Anatolia. B9 Siirt: 7 km N. of Müküs, 2100 m, Frödin 88 (type of C. poikilolepis)! Bitlis: Pelli Da. above Pelli, 2600-3000 m, D. 22449! Van: Toprak Kale above Van, 1900 m, Hub.-Mor. 9008! Artos Da., 2900 m, D. 22770! Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. Allied to C. poluninii. |