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Cirsium haussknechtii BOISS. |
 Cirsium haussknechtii BOISS |
Cirsium MILLER |
| C. haussknechtii Boiss., Fl. Or. 3:535 (1875). Syn: C. chynisicum Boiss., Fl. Or. 3:536(1875)! Several-stemmed perennial, c. 75-130 cm. Stems branched, unwinged, floccose-arachnoid. Median cauline leaves semi-amplexicaul, oblong, pinnatisect, lateral lobes bifid, 4-8-paired, triangular to lanceolate-triangular; lateral and terminal lobes with moderately stout 3-13 mm apical spine; spinose-strigose above with setae 0.3-1.2 mm, otherwise glabrous; arachnoid below. Lateral branches many, very short, 1-10-capitulate; uppermost leaves 2-4, usually shorter than involucre, sometimes longer, involucrate. Involucres erect in racemose panicle, campanulate-obconical to broadly obovoid, 10-15 mm. Phyllaries sparsely arachnoid, c. 7-9-seriate; median 4-10 mm, including slightly reflexed 0.5-1.0 x 0.1-0.2 mm apical spine. Corollas pink to purple, 11-18.5 mm. Achenes c. 5 mm. Pappus 12-14 mm. Fl. 8-9. Field drain, dry waste ground, 1140-1950 m. Type: [Iran] ad rivulos regionis alpinae montium inter Awiheng (Avihang) et Sihna (Sanandaj) et in monte Schahu (Shahkuh) Kurdistaniae Persiae, 1830-3050 m, Haussknecht (G). E. (& rarely C.) Anatolia. A4 Ankara: 54 km from Ankara to Çankiri, 1140 m, Buttler 15549! B6 Malatya: Doğanşehir, Dedeyazi Köyü Çanakçı, 1400 m, Peşmen 1043 (EGE 8469)! B8 Erzurum: nr Chynys (Hinis), C.Koch (type of C. chynisicum Boiss.)! Muş: S. side of Bingöl Da., 1402 m, Kotschy! B9 Van:between Goulou (Van G.) and Norkeuy (Norgüh), G.&B.Post 721! C10 Hakkari: Yüksekova, 1950 m, Duncan & Tait 174! N. Iraq, W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. Turkish material differs from the type description in having a glabrous rather than canescent upper leaf surface. The species is distinguished from C. lappaceum by its smaller involucres which are narrowed (rather than rounded) at base. |