Garhadiolus hedypnois (Fisch. & Mey.) Jaub. & Spach (Unresolved), 120 1850. (syn: Garhadiolus angulosus Jaub. & Spach; Garhadiolus minutissimus (Bunge) Kitam.; Koelpinia rhagadioloides B.D.Jacks.; Rhagadiolus angulosus (Jaub. & Spach) Kupicha; Rhagadiolus hedypnois Fisch. & C.A.Mey.);
Asteraceae Fortnight Part 3-Ligulate Heads: Garhadiolus hedypnois from Kashmir-GS12 : Attachments (5). 3 posts by 3 authors.
Garhadiolus hedypnois (Fisch. & Mey.) Jaub. & Spach, 1850
syn: Garhadiolus minutissimus (Bunge) Kitam.; Rhagadiolus hedypnois Fisch. et Mey
An annual spreading herb with 5-20 cm long branches from base, glabrous or sparsely hispid; leaves 3-7 cm long, obovate-oblong, sinuate or pinnatetely lobed, narrowed into petiole; heads yellow 6-8 mm across, ligulate, on peduncle thickened in fruit; involucre bracts small subspinoluse or smooth in fruit; achene 5-10 mm long narrowed above into incurved tip, sometimes almost sickle-shaped, smooth, terete, fiantly ribbed, enclosed in involucre bracts; pappus palaeaceous, less than 1 mm long, pales fringed, inner achenes with more prominent pappus than outer.
Common in Kashmir in dry places and wastelands, sometimes in cultivated fields.
References: The Plant List India Biodiversity Portal Encyclopedia of Life (Description) |