Chenopodiaceae |
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Salsola canescens (MOQ.) BOISS. |
Salsola canescens (MOQ.) BOISS |
Salsola L. |
S. canescens (Moq.) Boiss., Fl. Or. 4: 963 (1879). Syn: Noaea canescens Moq. in DC, Prodr. 13(2): 208 (1849); ? S. cana Koch in Linnaea 22: 190 (1849). Figure 9, p. 317. n Low, very woody cushion plant. Stem shortly, crisply hairy and with longer hairs. Leaves 10-15 mm x 0.1 mm, linear, circular, somewhat broadened, long-hairy. Bracts and bracteoles strongly broadened at the base, subulate above, longer than the perianth, adpressed-hairy. Perianth segments 4-5 mm, elongate-ovate, membranous, at last hardened, hairy above the wing, the apices forming a cone. Style robust, 0.75 mm; stigmas 1.5 mm, hand-like. Anthers linear, 1.5 mm, the halves free almost to the apex, the appendage of the connective 1 mm, narrowly triangular, warty-papillose. Seed erect. Fl. 5-7. Rocks, ridges, stony slopes, 900-2500 m. Type: Kurdistan, Kotschy 346. A8 Gümüşane: 20 miles E of Gümüşane, 2100 m, Furse 4102! B4 Niğde: SE side of Tuz G., Wagenitz 313! B7 Erzincan: Sipikor Da., nr. Siarte, Sint. 1890: 3223! B8 Bingöl: 85 km WSW of Erzurum, Rech. 15120! B9 Van: Erek Da., D. 22927! C9 Hakkari: Cilo Da. between Cilo Y. and Diz De., D. 24247! Syrian Desert, Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. Species wrongly or doubtfully recorded |