Asteraceae
Pilosella

Pilosella × maschukensis (Litv. & Zahn) Soják

First published in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 6: 218 (1971)
This hybrid is accepted
The native range of this hybrid is Türkiye to Iran. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. The hybrid formula is P. echioides × P. verruculata.

Descriptions

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

Note
This plant is a hybrid between P. verruculata and P. echioides (Lumn.) C.H. & F.W. Schulz, a species occurring from S Russia, Turkey and the Lebanon to Afghanistan and C Asia but not yet found in Iraq. It may not be present, because many Pilosella hybrids spread by seed or stolons – the latter, however, being absent in P. verruculata and infrequent in P. echioides. It should, however, be looked for.
Ecology
On rocky mountain slopes, sometimes in woodland, or cultivated ground on the lower slopes of a hill; alt. 1250–2100 m.
Distribution
Locally common in the mountain region of Iraq. Turkey, Caucasia, Iran.
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Sources

  • 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
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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