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Solenanthus circinnatus LEDEB. |
Solenanthus circinnatus LEDEB. |
Solenanthus circinnatus LEDEB. |
 Solenanthus circinnatus LEDEB |
Solenanthus LEDEB. |
| S. circinnatus Ledeb., Fl. Alt. 1:194 (1829). Syn: Echinospermum circinatum (Ledeb.) D. Diew. ex DC, Prodr. 10:164 (1846); Solenanthus petiolaris DC, Prodr. 10:164 (1846)!- S. amplifolius Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(11): 126 (1849); S. rumicifolius Boiss., PI. Or. Nov. Dec. 2:9 (1875). Ic: Ledeb., Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 26(1829); Rech. fil., Fl. Iranica-Boraginaceae t. 46 f. 1 (1967). Figure 7, p. 241. Erect perennial. Stems stout, several, 35-100 cm, adpressed-pubescent. Basal leaves large, scabrous above and strigose to roughly tomentose beneath; lamina broadly ovate, 10-30 x (4-)7-20 cm, petiole 12-25 cm; apex acute, base cordate; cauline sessile, smaller, lamina of lower ovate, of upper broadly ovate to ± orbicular. Cymes numerous, not whorled, elongating in fruit. Calyx lobes 3-4 mm, ovate, oblong or slightly obovate, rarely slightly unequal, markedly accrescent (to 8 mm) in fruit. Corolla bluish-purple (in Turkey), 5.5-7mm; scales narrowly triangular, 0.5-1 mm. Filaments very unequal. Nutlets dull brown, 5-7 x 4-5 mm, ovoid, densely glochidiate, marginal glochids much longer than those of dorsal surface; tubercles on dorsal surface inconspicuous or absent. Fl. 5-6. Quercus scrub, moist bushy places, pastures, 1200-2800 m. Type: [USSR] in regionibus orientalibus ad fl. Irtysch, [1826], C.A.Meyer (holo. LE). Mainly E. Anatolia. B7 Elaziğ: Muradlü (Mürüdü) nr Harput, Sint. 1889:656 p.p.! Erzincan: Szanduk (Sandik), 4 km N.N.W. of Egin (Kemaliye), Sint. 1890:2257! B9 Bitlis: Tatvan to Küçüksu, 1750 m, D. 43296! Van: Başkale pass, 2800 m, Eiselt! C6 Maraş: Maraş to Göksun, Koyunoluk Da., 1200 m, D. 27412! CI0 Hakkari: Sat Da., between Varegöz and Sat G., 2300 m, D. 45606! N. Iraq, Iran (except S.), Afghanistan, eastwards to Tien Shan. Ir.-Tur. element. Less variable in Turkey than in other parts of its range. |