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Scorzonera cinerea BOISS. |
 Scorzonera cinerea BOISS |
Scorzonera L. |
| S. cinerea Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(11):44 (1849). Syn: S. cilicica Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(3): 94 (1856)! Ic: Lipschitz, Fragm. Monogr. Gen. Scorz. 1: t. 55 (as S. cilicica), 54 (1935). Erect caulescent or subscapigerous perennial, (16-)20-50 cm; rootstock thick, cylindrical. Leaves 3.5-8(-21) x 0.4-1.1 cm, narrowly lanceolate to linear, grey-villous, margin plane; lower leaves amplexicaul. Capitula 1-5 per stem, 15-25 mm long. Outer phyllaries 6-10 mm, ovate-lanceolate, aristate; inner 14-20 mm, lanceolate, sparsely to densely villous. Flowers yellow. Achenes 10-12 x 8 mm, ridged, otherwise smooth, glabrous; pappus with hairs sparsely plumose below, barbellate above. Fl. 7-8. Rocky calcareous or serpentine slopes, 1200-2800 m. Type: [N. Iran] in declivibus graminosis ad radices montis Demavend prope pagum Ask, Kotschy 371 (iso. K!). Inner & S.E. Anatolia. B4 Konya: 30 km N. of Konya, 1300 m, Sorger 66-40-27! B5 Nevşehir: 8 km E. of Ürgüp, 1200 m, Sorger 64-32-30! Kayseri:Erciyas Da., 2400 m, Zederbauer. B7 Erzincan: 25 km from Erzincan to Gümü-şane, 1900 m, Battler 14083! Elaziğ: Harput, Schuschnas (Şuşnaz), Sint. 1889: 609! B9 Van: d. Başkale, Ispiriz Da., 2600 m, D. 23742! C5 Niğde/Adana: Utsch Deppe (Uçtepe) et Gisyl Deppe (Kiziltepe), 2300 m, Kotschy 196 (type of S. cilicica)! Niğde: S. bank of river below Maden, 1525 m, Darrah 519! Adana: d. Karaisali, Koca Çukur Y. to Ketir Gediği, 1800-2000 m, Hub.-Mor. 15912! C10 Hakkari: Sat Da., Varegöz to Sat G., 2600-2800 m, D. 45619! N. & N.W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. A variable species. The distinction between the narrow-leaved S. cilicica with small capitula (1.3-1.5(-l.9) cm) and the broader leaved S. cinerea with larger capitula (2-3 cm) does not hold, as these characteris-tics do not always occur together. |