Family |
Asteraceae
Tussilago farfara
L.
Tussilago farfara L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 865 (1753).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 427, Pl. CCXXXIX, 2a–b; 1983)
Description
Life-form & habit: Perennial with an elongated, slightly woody rhizome and erect, greyish flowering stems 15–50 cm tall, clothed in narrow reddish scales.
Leaves: Basal leaves develop after flowering. Their rounded outlines have 5–12 angular lobes and a more or less heart-shaped base; the upper surface is green and the underside woolly.
Inflorescence & flowers: Solitary yellow heads nod before opening and enlarge during fruiting. Numerous narrow marginal rays slightly exceed the involucral bracts.
Fruit: Cylindrical achenes about 3 mm long, shortly truncate at the tip, with a pappus much longer than the fruit body.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering January–June, depending on habitat and altitude.
Habitat & elevation: Near water.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Abey, Bikfaya, Nahr Ibrahim, Qrayye, Falougha, Mdeirej, Tannourine el Foqa, Ehden and its forests, Bcharre cedars, above Dimane, Hasroun, Fnaideq, Khan Sannine, Wadi el Arayech and Sannine.
Native range: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Manchuria, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Poland, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yakutiya.
Introduced into: Amur, British Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, India, Indiana, Kamchatka, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.