Asteraceae
Crupina

Crupina crupinastrum (Moris) Vis.

First published in Fl. Dalmat. 2: 42 (1847)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Switzerland to Medit. and W. Iran. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae.Kew Publishing

Morphology General Habit
Slender, wiry, erect annual 30–60 cm (shorter if depauperate), with long, slender, divergent-erect branches from below the middle or sometimes simple below inflorescence, glabrous or thinly pilose, stem and branches angular, sulcate
Morphology Leaves
Leaves mainly in lower part of plant; basal leaves bluntly pinnatisect with a larger, usually pinnatifid terminal lobe, frequently withered by flowering time; cauline leaves deeply and narrowly pinnatisect with linear, irregularly serrate-dentate lobes, oblong in outline, lower 2–8 × 0.8–3.8 cm, petiolate, upper more narrowly divided, smaller, sessile; all with midrib ± villous below, margins with short many-barbed glochidiate hairs
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence lax, capitula on long, leafless, pedunculiform branches up to 15(–20) cm long; involucre fusiform in bud, narrowly obconical and 15–22 × 8–12 mm at anthesis; phyllaries minutely glandular dorsally, often purplish-tinged, scarious-margined, outer ovate, 2–4  mm  long,  inner  lanceolate,  15–20 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corollas bright purple, well exceeding inflorescence, marginal slightly radiant, inner with divergent segments
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes distinctly compressed and keeled, 3.5–6 × 2–3 mm, apex brownish-velutinous, base glabrous with a narrow, lateral, often cuneiform hilum; pappus often dark brown to blackish, longest bristles 4–8 mm.
Ecology
Commonly on hill slopes of stony or rocky clay, also on steep, sometimes unstable, limestone slopes, in Quercus forest, on calcareous sandstone and on conglomerate, on silty soil, and in a wadi in the mountains; alt. 600–1400 m;
Phenology
flowering Apr.-Jun., fruiting: May-Jul.
Distribution
Common in the mountain region of Iraq, scarce in the foothills. Mediterranean Europe and islands from Spain to Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Transcaucasia, Iran, N Africa (Libya to Algeria).
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Sources

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  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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