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Scabiosa calocephala BOISS. |
Scabiosa L. |
| S. calocephala Boiss., Diagn. ser. l(10):80 (1849). Syn: S. setulosa Fisch. & Mey. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 4, 1:31 (1854); S. phrygia Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(6): 96 (1859)! S. palaestina L. var. microcephata Boiss., Fl. Or. 3:145 (1875); S.
palaesüna L. var. calocephala (Boiss.) Boiss., Fl. Or. 3:144 (1875). Ic: Tchihat., Asie Min. Bot. Adas t. 28 (1860) as S. setulosa. Figure 19, p. 609. Map 92, p. 615. Pubescent annual (sometimes sparsely so), occasionally with spreading strigose hairs, growing 15-50 cm tall. Lower leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire or dentate; upper leaves pinnatisect with lanceolate segments. Involucral bracts 10-14, lanceolate, shorter than or equal to flowers. Capitula 1-3 cm diam., radiant; flowers blue or lilac, outer ones with laciniate petals. Fruiting head spherical. Involucel 4-6 mm long, pilose, pits oblong, 2•5-3•5 mm long, ribs between pits sulcate; corona (3-)- 7 mm long with 28-32 nerves. Calyx long-stipitate: setae 5-7 mm, Fl. 4-7. Roadsides, grassy places, S.l-2000 m. Syntypes: [Turkey C5] in Cilicia, Kotschy 225 (K! EM!); Syria, Aucher 770 (K! BMİ); [Lebanon] in monte Torbul prope Tripoli, Boissier. Inner & S. Anatolia. A10 Kars: Aras valley nr. Iğdir, 28 vi 1967, Rossi B2 Uşak: Ouchak (uşak), 910 m, Bal. 1166 (type of S. phrygid)! B5 Kayseri: Erciyas Da., 1400 m, Penther & Zederbauer. B6 Sivas: 28 km N.W. of Divriği, 1500 m, Sorger 69-42-73! B7 Tunceli: Hozat to Ovacik, 2000 m, D. 31106! B8 Erzurum: mountain between Ilica and Tercan, 2000 m, D. 30871! B9 Van: 5 km N. of Çatak, D. 23248b! C2 Denizli: 24 km from Denizli to Çardak, 700 m, Dudley, D. 35591! C5 Içel: Boulouki, nr. Mersin, Bal. 790! C6 Gaziantep: Dülük Baba. N. of Gaziantep, Haradj. 3927! C7 Urfa: halfway between Viranşehir and Ceylanpinar, 450-500 m, D. 42315! C8 Mardin: Senar, Sint. 1888-983! W. Syria, Syrian Desert, Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon, N. Iran, N. Iraq. Ir.-Tur. element. |