Family |
Asteraceae
Picris strigosa
M.Bieb.
Picris strigosa M.Bieb.
First published in Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 250 (1808).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, pp. 509–510, Pl. CCCXIX, 2; 1983)
Description
Life-form & habit: Biennial or perennial, 50–100 cm tall, greyish with rigid hairs ending in two to four hooks. Branching begins near the base; stems and branches are long, very stiff, grooved and angular.
Leaves: Basal leaves wither early; they are oblong-lanceolate, with backward-pointing lobes or an enlarged terminal lobe. Upper leaves are stalkless, short, narrowly linear, greyish and bent downward.
Inflorescence & flowers: Terminal heads of yellow strap-shaped florets on long, unthickened stalks; some heads are lateral on shorter stalks. Involucral bracts are greyish and rough.
Fruit: Spindle-shaped, very rough achenes with short beaks and a deciduous pappus.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering June–August.
Habitat & elevation: Roadsides, cultivated-field margins and mountains.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Qrayye, above Dimane, Dimane–Hasroun, Bcharre and its surroundings, above the Barouk cedars, Jabal Kneisse, Jabal Barouk, Sannine, Zahle, Mouallaqa and Mount Hermon.
Syrian distribution: Jabal Mattai, Cassius, Wadi el Qarn and Jabal Qasyoun.
Native range: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, South European Russia, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye.