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Onosma armeniacum KLOKOV |
 Onosma armeniacum KLOKOV |
Onosma L. |
| O. armeniacum KIokov in Not. Syst. (Leningrad) 14:301 (1951) ex Popov in Fl. URSS 19:214 (1953). Syn: O. hispidum Steven in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 24:587, 592 (1851) non Wallich (1828); O. echioides L. var. hispidum Steven ex C.Koch in Linnaea 17:305 (1843). Biennial. Stem 32-50 cm, much-branched below middle, patent-hispid, shortly hairy. Basal leaves not seen; cauline 60-80x 5-6(-8) mm, linear-oblong, sessile, acute to obtuse, margins revolute, ± patent-setose and with tubercles lacking setae above, subglabrous beneath. Inflorescence much-branched, cymes becoming elongated and straight after flowering. Bracts to 22 mm, linear-lanceolate. Pedicels 3-4 mm in flower, to 10 mm in fruit. Calyx 16-20 mm, lobes linear, acute, hispid. Corolla cream, 20-22 mm, cylindrical to cylindrical-campanulate, pubescent. Anthers semi-exserted, equalling filaments. Nutlets 4-4.5 x 3.5-4 mm, with broad shoulders and acute beak, brownish. Fl. 6-8. Fallow fields-, steppe, 1400-2500 m. Described from USSR - 'Caucasus australia (Minor)'. Easternmost Anatolia. A9 Kars: 10 km W. of Ani, 1400 m, Akeroyd 206! B9 Ağri: ridge between Ağri and Horasan, 2000 -2500 m, Rech. 32823! Van: Van to Edremit, 2000 m, D. 22651! Van airport, 1620 m, Hub.-Mor. 8864! Soviet Armenia, N.W. Iran. Related to O. setosum Ledeb. from S. Russia and Caucasus. |