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Comments

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A very distinct species, easily recognized by its linear leaves, capitula arranged in globose clusters and brownish shining linear phyllaries which overtop the heads.
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 210 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
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S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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Description

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Erect branched, 10-20 (-25) cm tall, annual herbs, covered with white soft tomentum. Leaves linear, falcate, with acute apex, entire, (0.5-) 1-3 x 0.1-0.3 (-0.4) cm, covered with white dense tomentum, more on the lower surface than the upper one. Capitula in terminal or rarely axillary clusters, substended by slender white woolly leaves, rarely solitary, peduncle 2-3 mm, white tomentose; phyllaries 2-3-seriate, linear-oblong, obtuse-subacute, scarious, brown, shining with strong green central vein, outer densely white lanate at the base, shorter than the inner, c. 3 x 0.5 mm. Outer florets 2-more seriate, many, filiform, 3-4 toothed, disc florets 4-5, tubular, corolla c. 2 mm long, 5-lobed. Cypselas brownish, quadrangular, c. 0.5 mm long, sparingly papillose, pappus setae white, not coherent.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 210 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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eFloras.org
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Distribution

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Distribution: India, Kashmir, Pakistan and China.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 210 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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eFloras.org
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Flower/Fruit

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Fl.Per.: July-September.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 210 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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eFloras.org
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Habitat

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Grows between 2500-3900 m along rocky stream beds, plains and cultivated fields.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 210 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras