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Cirsium tomentosum C. A. MEYER |
 Cirsium tomentosum C. A. MEYER |
Cirsium MILLER |
| C. tomentosum C.A. Meyer, Verz. Pfl. Cauc. 69 (1831). Syn: C. munitum (Bieb.) Bieb. var. tomentosum (C.A.Meyer) Boiss., Fl. Or. 3:533 (1875). Ic: Fl. URSS 28: t. 4 f. 2 (1963). Map 40, p. 387. Several- to many-stemmed perennial, c. 50-70 cm. Stems branched, unwinged, fioccose-arachnoid. Median cauline leaves oblong, pinnatifid to pinnatisect, lateral lobes bifid or trifid, toothed, 4-7-paired, triangular to lanceolate-triangular, lateral and terminal lobes with weak to moderately stout 3-14 mm apical spine, spinose-strigose above with setae 0.3-1.5 mm, otherwise arachnoid to tomentose on both sides. Lateral branches 2-6, usually short, 1-2-capitulate; uppermost leaves 3-7, usually overtopping involucre, semi-involucrate. Involucres erect in loose racemes, globose-ovoid to broadly obovoid, 10-20 mm. Phyllaries arach-noid, c. 6-8-seriate; median c. 10-12 mm, incl. recurved or + erect weak c. 2 x0.2 mm apical spine. Corollas pale pink, 17-20 mm. Achenes immature. Pappus 15-18 mm. Fl. 7-8. Stony slopes near streams, edge of flush, igneous scree, 2700-3000 m. Type: [E. Caucasus] in regione alpina Caucasi orientalis, 2560-2740 m, C.A.Meyer (LE). S.E. Anatolia. B9 Van: Güzeldere Tepe, 20 km N.N.W. of Başkale, between Halandurand and Kepir Da., 2800-2900 m, Watson et al. 3667a! d. Başkale, Ispiriz Da., 3000 m, D. 23682! C10 Hakkari: Sat Da., 2700 m, Duncan & Tait 16! Caucasus, Soviet Armenia & Azerbaijan, N. W. & N. Iran. Our concept of this species is based on that of Charadze in Fl. URSS. |