Boraginaceae |
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Anchusa L. |
A. leptophylla Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 4:90 (1819). Syn: A. ochroleuca Bieb. var. canescens Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:151 (1875). Strigulose to canescent-strigulose biennials or perennials; stems erect,40-70cm, ± simple to much-branched. Leaves linear, 60-110 x 6-8(-18) mm, entire. Inflorescence sericeous to ± spreading-strigulose, elongating in fruit; bracts ovate-lanceolate, minute. Calyx 4-9 mm in flower, elongating in fruit, divided to 1/3-1/2 into obtuse lobes. Corolla usually bright blue with white throat, occasionally white to yellow; tube 6-10 mm, lobes 2-4 mm. Nutlets 2-3 x 2.5-4 mm, obliquely ovoid. Fl. 6-7. Rocky slopes, sandy steppe, 800-3000 m. 1. Calyx 7-9 mm in flower; corolla tube 8-10 mm subsp. tomentosa 1. Calyx 4-6(-7) mm in flower; corolla tube 6-8 mm 2. Calyx divided to 1/2 or more, ± spreading-hairy, indumentum sometimes sparse; stems branched copiously throughout subsp. incana 2. Calyx divided to c. 1/3, densely sericeous; stems branched only near base subsp. leptophylla subsp. incana (Ledeb.) Chamb. in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 35(3):298 (1977). Syn: A. incana Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 3(1): 117 (1847); A, angustissima C.Koch in Linnaea 22:633 (1849); A. aspera Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 4(2):243 (1854); A. boissieri Bornm. & Guşul. in Bul. Fac. Stiinte Çern. 1(2):242 (1927). Ic: Feddes Rep. 26: t. 93 f. A-E (1929), as A. angustissima. Map. 24, p. 395. Type: [Turkey A9 ?] in provinciis Caucasicis versus fines Turcicae, Nordmann (LE). N. Turkey & Inner Anatolia. A1(E) Edirne: Enez, s.l., Coode & Jones 2894! A4 Ankara: Çubuk valley, 10 vi 1932,Kotte! A5 Amasya: Köle mazar, nr Amasya, Maniss. 727! A7 Gümüşane: Gümüşane to Zigana, 1100 m, Balls 287! A8 Rize: Hemşin, 1700 m, C.Koch (type of A. angustissima). A9 Kars: nr Çildir (Grossheim 7: map 290). B5 Kayseri: Kelgin to Gücen, Gözler (lSTE 12039)! B7 Erzincan: Keşiş Da., above Cimin, 2700 m, D. 31824! B8 Erzurum: Palandöken Da., 2400 m, D. 47406! B9 Erzurum: E. of pass between Ağri and Horasan, 2450 m, Lamond 2587! C4 Konya: Karapinar, Birand & M.Zohary 7104! C5 Niğde: 8 km N. of Pozantı, 1200 m, Coode & Jones 1233! Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element? The following have the sericeous indumentum of |