Family |
Asteraceae
Achillea arabica
Kotschy
Achillea arabica Kotschy
≡ Achillea biebersteinii Afan.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 400; 1983)
Description
Life-form & habit: Perennial, 25–60 cm tall; stems striate, tomentose to glabrescent.
Leaves: Basal and lower cauline bipinnatisect, 3–10 × 1–3 cm, segments linear-lanceolate, acute; upper cauline leaves pinnatisect, smaller, sessile.
Inflorescence & flowers: Corymbs compact, 2–6 cm across, with 50–150 capitula; peduncles short (1–3 mm). Involucre 3–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm, oblong to obovoid, bracts hairy, narrowly scarious on margin. Ligules 4–6, white; disk florets 5–15.
Fruit: Achenes small, oblong, glabrous.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowers June–August.
Habitat & elevation: Subalpine meadows and rocky slopes.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Middle mountains: Ain Sa‘adé, Ehden, Haaret Beit Raad, Ain Saoua‘ir, Cedars of Bcharré, Jabal Barouk, Jabal Kneissé, Laqlouq; high mountains: Jabal Sannine, Col de Zahlé.
Native range: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon–Syria, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, South European Russia, Tajikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan. (KEW)
Introduced into: France, Germany, Spain. (KEW)