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Scorzonera L.
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S. cana (C.A.Meyer) Hoffm. in Engler & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 4(5): 365 (1897). Subscapigerous to caulescent, glabrous to pubescent perennial, 5-60 cm, root-stock cylindrical, crowned by leaf remains. Basal leaves entire to pinnatipartite, 3-20 cm; segments linear to linear-lanceolate, pubescent or ± floccose to ± glabrous. Capitula 1-7 per stem, 13-30 mm long. Outer phyllaries 3-6 mm, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate; inner 8-20 mm, lanceolate. Flowers yellow, at least 1.5 x as long as inner phyllaries. Achenes 7-10 x c. 1.5 mm, cylindrical,prominently ridged, glabrous; pappus hairs white, plumose below, barbellate above. Fl. 5-8. 1. Stems (13-)20-55 cm from uppermost fork to ground level var. jacquiniana 1. Stems less than 15 cm or plants subscapigerous 2. Flowering capitula 20-30 mm long; plants usually not caespitose var. cana 2. Flowering capitula 13-18C-20) mm long; plants often caespitose 3. Plants glabrous; leaves simple or with few short lobes var. alpina 3. Plants canescent, sometimes densely so; leaves usually clearly pinnatipartite var. radicosa var. jacquiniana (W.Koch) Chamberlain in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 33:433 (1975). Syn: Podospermum jacquinianum W.Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. ed. 1:425 (1837)! P. cariense Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(4): 24 (1844)! Scorzonera jacquiniana (W.Koch) Boiss., Fl. Or. 3:757 (1875), incl. var. vaginata Boiss., loc. cit.; S. floccosa Boiss., op. cit. 3:758 (1875)! Meadows, field edges, 950-2400 m. Type: Jaquin, Fl. Austr. Ic. 4: t. 356 (.1776)! Scattered but commonest in inner Anatolia. Caria, Pinard (type of Podospermum cariense and S. floccosa)! A2(A) Istanbul: Prinkipo (Büyük Ada), 3 v 1918, Azn.! A9 Kars: Sarikamiş, 2100 m, D. 30768! B1 Izmir: Bornova, Kurudere Köyü, Ödemiş & Aydar (EGE 8455)! B4 Ankara: 68 km S. of Ankara, 20 vi 1953, Birand & M.Zohary! B6 Maraş: Berit Da. to Elbistan, 1400 m, Stn. & Hend. 5604! B7 Erzincan: Egin (Kemaliye), Aergu baschi (Ergü Başi), Sint. 1890: 2698c! B8 Erzurum: 29 km from Hinis to Pasinler, 1800 m, D. 46388! B9 Van: Çuhgediği pass, Hoşap to Başkale, 2340-2370 m, Hub.-Mor. 11274! B10 Van: 3-4 km N.E. of Başkale, 2300 m, D. 44512! C4 Konya: d. Bozkir, Murusun Da., 950 m, Çetik 105! C8 Mardin: Savur to Midyat, 1100 m, D. 42488! C10 Hakkari: 21 km from Bacirge to Yüksekova, 2230 m, D. 45224! S. floccosa appears to be no more than a floccose form of var. jacquiniana with the phyllaries especially densely hairy. Some plants of var. cana show the same feature. |