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Taraxacum oliganthum SCHOTT ET KOTSCHY EX HAND.-MAZZ. |
Taraxacum oliganthum SCHOTT ET KOTSCHY EX HAND.-MAZZ |
Taraxacum WIGGERS
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T. oliganthum Schott & Kotschy ex Hand.-Mazz., Monogr. Tarax. 32, t. 1 f. 10 (1907). Plant small, c. 5-10 cm; base thick, hairy. Leaves subcoriaceous, hairy, mostly lobate. Scapes densely hairy. Involucre grey-green; outer phyllaries adpressed, subovate, slightly broader than inner, with a distinct white margin; inner side of phyllaries usually ± hairy. Stigmas yellow. Achenes 5 mm, slightly spinulose; beak thick, 3-4 mm long; pappus pale brown. Fl. 6-8. Saline ditches, alpine zone, 1100-3000 m. Type: [Turkey C5] in Monte Tauro, Kotschy 322 p.p. (G! W! K!). S. & E. Anatolia, rare. B1O Ağri: Ağri Da., 3000 m, 31 vii 1966, Steiner! C5 Niğde: Gisyl Deppe (Kizil Tepe), Bulgar Da., 2438 m, Kotschy 152c p.p.! 30 km N. of Ulukışla, 1100 m, Coode & Jones 192! C5 Bulgar Da., above Schauscha, 2500-2600 m, Eig & M.Zoharyl!Bulgar Da., top of Mt. Sarubey, 2600-2650 m, Eig & M.Zohary! N. Iraq, N. Iran. Kotschy 152c (W) is a confusing gathering with regard to the locality. On the same sheet there are two labels both numbered 152c; the first one (printed) as T. oliganthum mentions Gisyl Deppe; the other one (written) as T. officinale minimum mentions Metdesis. In Handel-Mazzetti's monograph both localities are mentioned under T. oliganthum, whereas under T. primigenium this gathering (as 'pro parte') is mentioned for Metdesis as 'confusione'. In Paris I have seen T. assemanii from Metdesis labelled as Kotschy 152x. |