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Inula orientalis LAM. |
 Inula orientalis LAM |
Inula L. |
| I. orientalis Lam., Encycl. 3:255 (1789). Syn: /. glandulosa Willd., Sp. PL 3:2097 (1803); I. grandifiora Willd., Sp. PI. 3:2096 (1803). Ic: Bot. Reg. 4: t. 334 (1818). Rhizomatous perennial. Stems erect, 40-60 cm, ± densely leafy, unbranched, sparsely hirsute with spreading yellow or brown hairs and minute glands. Leaves ovate-elliptic or oblanceolate, 5-12 x 1∙5-4 cm, acute, semi-amplexicaul, rounded or somewhat attenuate at base, margin denticulate or weakly serrate, minutely glandular and yellowish-pilose on both surfaces but more densely so above. Capitula solitary, radiate. Involucre 2∙5-3 cm broad; phyllaries subequal, 4-5-seriate; outer linear-lanceolate, 7∙5-12 x 1-1∙5 mm, densely brown-pilose and minutely glandular; inner linear, 12-17 x 0∙5-0∙75 mm, brown-pilose above. Ray flowers c. 70; ligules 17-25 mm, often sparsely villous at base. Disc flowers 6∙5-7 mm. Achenes 2-2∙5 mm, obscurely ribbed, glabrous or pubescent at apex. Pappus brownish or sordid, 6∙5-7 mm, hairs c. 25, scabrous, free at base. Fl. 7-8. On steep wet slopes and streamsides, 2000-2900 m. Type: Dans le Levant, Tournefort (holo. P-LA 16056, photo!, iso. BM!). N. & E. Anatolia. A8 Trabzon: Bayburt to Of, 3 km N. of pass top, 2400 m, Stn. & Hend. 6181! Çoruh: Şavval Tepe above Murgul, 2800 m, D. 32304! Rize: Ikizdere, Başköy (Çimil) to Cermanin Y., 2400 m, D. 21020! B9 Bitlis/Van: 10 km S.E. of Pelli, 2285 m, D. 22558! Van: 20 km N.N.W. of Başkale, 2800-2900 m, Watson et al. 3666! C9 Van: Çatak, Kavuşşahap Da., 2440 m, D. 23019! Hakkari: Kara Da., 2895 m, D. 24358! Caucasia. Euxine (mt.) element. |