Boraginaceae |
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Echium russicum J. F. GMELIN |
Echium russicum J. F. GMELIN |
Echium L. |
E. russicum J.F.Gmelin, Syst. ed. 13, 2:323 (1791). Syn: E. rubrum Jacq., Fl. Austr. 5:27, App. t. 3 (1788) non Forsskâl (1775); E. acutifolium Lehm., Asperif. 321, t. 3 (1818); E. clavatum Wiild. ex Lehm., op. cit. 440 (1818); E. papillosum C.Koch in Linnaea 17:307 (1843) non Lehm. (1818); E. lineari-folium C.Koch in Linnaea 23:629 (1850). Ic: Hegi, III. Fl. Mittel-Eur. 5(3): f. 2196 (1927); Jáv. & Csap., Ic. Fl. Hung. t. 30(1933). Erect unbranched biennial. Stem 25-40(-60) cm, densely patent to erecto-patent hispid-setose. Leaves densely subadpressed-setose, acute; basal 40-100 x 6-9 mm, linear, subsessile, often shrivelled at anthesis; cauline shorter and narrower, sessile. Inflorescence narrowly paniculate to ± spicate, 10-20(-30) cm. Calyx 5.5-7 mm in flower, slightly accrescent in fruit. Corolla wine-red to crimson, 9-11 mm, narrowly infundibular, puberulous outside. Stamens long-exserted; filaments orange below, crimson above, anthers dark red. Style sub-entire, bilobed to at most 0-5 mm. Nutlets dark, c. 2 x 2 mm, ovoid-trigonal and slightly bigibbous with small beak, finely tuberculate. Fl. 6-7. Montane steppe, Pinus sylvestris forest, schistose rocks, 1550-2200 m. Type: S.G.Gmelin, Reise Russl. 1:119, t. 19 (1770-1774), Das italienische Echium'; typotype collected from [Russia] nr 'Churten' in Don valley, 25 v 1768, S. G. Gmelin. N.W. & N.E. Anatolia; disjunct. A9 Erzurum: nr Horasan (Grossheim 7: map 325). Kars: S.W. slope of Kisir Da., 2200 m, D. 30446! Ardahan to Yalnizçam, 1900 m, D. 29588! Bl Balikesir: Kaz Da., 1550 m, vi-vii 1968, Quezel et al! ibid., mt. Sarikis, Sint. ! 883:1336! B10 Ağri: Doğubayazit to lğdir, 2050 m, M. Zohary & Plitm, 2265-58! C. Europe, Balkans, C. & S. Russia, Caucasia. Euro-Sib. element. |