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Scabiosa micrantha DESF. |
Scabiosa L. |
| S. micrantha Desf. in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 11:168 (1808). Syn: S. siada Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 1:89 (1803) non L. (1767); S. brevipora Freyn in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 44:145 (1894) pro parte! Figure 19, p. 609. Map 90, p. 615. Erect, usually branched annual with pubescent and strigose stems, 10-60 cm tall. Lower leaves elliptic, entire, acute; median and upper leaves pinnatisect with lanceolate segments. Involucral bracts 6-9. iinear-lanceolate, longer than flowers. Capitula l-2cm diam.,scarcelyradiant; flowers pink. Fruiting head ovoid to oblong. Involucel 2•5-4 mm, pilose, pits ovate, 1-1•5 mm long, ribs between pits sulcate; corona 1•5-2•5 mm with 22-26 excurrent nerves. Calyx shortly stipitate: seiae 4-6 mm. Fl. 5-7. Hills, screes, 400-2250 m. Described from 'Armenia'. Mainly Inner & S. Anatolia. A4 Kastamonu: 30 km S. of Kastamonu, 1300 m, Sorger 69-13-44! A5 Çorum: 40 km E. of Çorum on Samsun road, Jardine 387! Amasya: Tawschan Da. nr. Mersiwan (Mersifon), Maniss. 360 (syntype of S. brevipora)'. A5 Amasya: Karaman, Maniss. 1203! A6 Tokat: Erbaa, 600 m, Tobcy 708! A7 Gümüşane: Gümüşane, 1435 m, Balls 1221b! A3 Çoruh: above Artvin, 900 m, D. 30030! A9 Çoruh: Ardanuç, 500-600 m, D. 30167! B4 Ankara: 12 km W. of Kirikkale, 700 m, Simon 69-377. B5 Kayseri: Kayseri to Bünyan, 1100 m, Tosun & Karamanoğlu 1322. B6 Maraş: Gök Su to Kapalak, B. Post 572! B7 Tunceli: Pülümür to Mutu, 1580 m, Hub.-Mor. 11350. B8 Erzincan: 70 km E. of Erzincan, 1490 m, M. Zohary & Plitm. 2663-33! B9 Bitlis: between Süphan Da. and Erciş, 1850-1900 m, Watson et al. 1350! C4 Konya: between Konya and Sille, Andrasovs-ky 760. C5 Içel: Cilician Gates (Gülek Boğazi), 920 m, Balls 1221! C6 Maraş: Akher Da. (Ahir Da.), 850 m, Balls 1125! N. Balkans, Talysch, Transcaucasia, S. Russia, N. Iran. |