Asteraceae |
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Crupina vulgaris CASS. |
Crupina vulgaris CASS |
Crupina (PERS.) DC. |
C. vulgaris Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat. 12:68 (1818). Syn: Centaurea crupina L., Sp. Pl. 909 (1753). Ic: Sibth. & Sm., Fl. Graeca 9: t. 900 (1837), as Centaurea crupina. Plants 10-60 cm, unbranched except in inflorescence. Lower leaves up to 5 x 2 cm, ovate in outline, deeply pinnatifid to pinnate, segments narrowly linear, entire to faintly serrate, rachis glabrous; upper leaves decreasing in size; branches of corymb leafless. Capitula pedunculate or sessile. Involucre fusiform when young, expanding to narrowly obconical, in fruit 14-23 x 7-12 mm; phyllaries elliptic, acute, striped green or purplish. Flowers pink or light purple, exceeding involucre; corolla tube bearing hairs whose walls are produced into lateral finger-like recurved projections. Achenes cylindrical, 3-5 x 1.5-3 mm, with sub-orbicular median basal hilum. Outer pappus 4-7 mm. Fl. 5-7. Steppe, open places on uncultivated calcareous or clay soil, s.I.-2000 m. Described from Hetruria (N. Italy) and S. France (Hb. Cliff.!). N. Turkey & Inner Anatolia, scattered. A1(E) Tekirdağ: 15 km from Tekirdağ to Silivri, 0-20 m, D. 34702! A1(A)/B1 Çanakkale: Ophrynium nr Erenköy, Sini. 1883 :357! A2(E) Istanbul: Marmara sea, 3 km W. of Silivri, Bauer, Fitz & Spitz. 2792! A2(A) Istanbul: Paşa Bahçe, 6 vii 1895, Azn.! A2(A)/A3 Bilecik: Küplü, T.Baytop (ISTE 21646)! A4 Ankara: 65 km N. of Ankara, Molloy 14! A5 Sinop: Boyabat, 400 m, Tobey 1968! A8 Erzurum: Ispir, c. 1300 m, Barclay 770! B4 Ankara: nr Dikmen, 19 vi 1953, M.Zohary! B8 Muş: 26 km from Muş to Erzurum, 1300-1500 m, M.Zohary 57139! B9 Van: Arpit, W.S.W. of Gevaş, 2000 m, 1939, Frödin. S. Central and S. Europe, Morocco, Crimea, Caucasia, N.W. Iran. In Turkey more restricted and northern than C. crupinastrum. A specimen from Turkey-in-Europe (A2(E) Istanbul: San Stefano and Florya, 10 vi 1889, Azn.!) has unusually large fruits; the achene measures 6 x 3 mm, the pappus 11 mm. This gathering might be an autopolyploid. |