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Cousinia nabelekii BORNM. |
 Cousinia nabelekii BORNM |
Cousinia CASS. |
| C. nabelekii Bornm. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 63:59, t. 1 f. 5, 6 (1913). Map 31, p. 339. Perennial, 20-45 cm, 5-9-headed, ± dichotomously branched. Stems slender, terete, arachnoid-woolly, soon glabrescent. Leaves finely prickly, loosely arach-noid-woolly, glabrescent above, densely white-tomentose below; basal leaves oblong-linear, 5-12 x 1.5-4 cm, pinnatipartite, with up to 12 pairs of linear or linear-lanceolate segments up to 4 mm broad; stem-leaves smaller, segments narrow, less numerous, (0.5-)l-2 cm, decurrent into wings (0.5-)l-3 cm long. Capitula 30-45-flowered. Involucre broadly ovoid, 2-2.5 cm broad incl. spines; phyllaries 90-120 (-175), arachnoid-woolly, oblong-lanceolate to linear-subuiate, basal part 2 mm, adpressed, oblong, upper part 6-10(-12) mm, reflexed or horizontally spreading. Bristles of receptacle smooth. Flowers yellow, 12-14 mm. Achenes brown, oblong-obovate, 4-5 x 2-2.5 mm, striped lengthwise, wrinkled, finely denticulate at apex. Fl. 6-9. Rocky slopes, steppe, 1300-2550 m. Type: [Turkey C9 Hakkari] Aufstieg vom Zabfluss nach Kotschanes (Koçanis), c. 1300 m, 1 ix 1910, Nâbělek 3902 (holo. BRA). S.E. Anatolia. B9 Van: Toprak Kale nr Van, 1620 m, Hub.-Mor, 8920! C9 Hakkari: Koçanis, 2550 m, D. 24313! Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. Hub.-Mor. 8920, with less numerous phyllaries (70-86) and short (5 mm) decurrent stem leaves, is very near to C. urumiensis. |