Family |
Asteraceae
Tragopogon coelesyriacus
Boiss.
Tragopogon coelesyriacus Boiss.
First published in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 11: 47 (1849).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, pp. 512–513, Pl. CCCXXIII, 2a–b; 1983)
Description
Life-form & habit: Biennial with a vertical cylindrical root and erect, simple or branched stems, 30–50 cm tall; hairless or partly covered with loose woolly hairs.
Leaves: Long and linear, slightly widened at the base and partly clasping the stem.
Inflorescence & flowers: Large flower heads borne on stalks slightly swollen toward the tip. Eight or more involucral bracts extend beyond the violet or reddish florets.
Fruit: Ribbed, rough-scaled achenes taper into long beaks, especially in the central fruits. The pappus consists of interwoven, feathery, reddish-brown hairs above a rounded thickening.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering April–July.
Habitat & elevation: Grassy places and cultivated-field margins.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Saida, Beirut, Haret ech Cheikh near Bouchriye, Nahr el Kalb, Tripoli, Jamaliye–Iskandaroune, Broummana, Douma, Bikfaya, Chemlan, Faraya, Roueissat, Bcharre, Jouite springs, Barouk–Maaser, Chtaura, Beqaa, Ksara, Ibl es Saki, Kornet Chehwan and Kfertay.
Syrian distribution: Qalaat Marqal, west of Safita, Aleppo, Ghouta, Wadi el Qarn, Jabal Maaloula, Tell Qanaouat, Tell Ahmar, Soueida, Tell Hadid, Qneitra and Massadi.
Native range: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uzbekistan.
⚠️ Taxonomic note:
Mouterde describes this taxon as Tragopogon longirostris Bisch. ex Sch.Bip., which Kew places in synonymy under Tragopogon coelesyriacus.