Asteraceae
Pilosella

Pilosella verruculata (Link) Soják

First published in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 6: 218 (1971)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Europe to E. Türkiye and NW. Iran. It is a perennial 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
Perennial, lacking stolons
Morphology Leaves
Rosette leaves usually withered by flowering time, 3–20 × 0.5–4 cm, varying from elliptic to linear-lanceolate, acute to subacute, entire, gradually narrowed beneath, clothed with numerous stellate hairs, few to numerous simple eglandular hairs and scattered glandular hairs Cauline leaves few to numerous (up to ± 12), narrowly to broadly elliptic to oblanceolate, lower attenuate below, upper increasingly distinctly amplexicaul, very variable in size
Morphology Stem
Flowering stems, 50–80(–110) cm tall, with numerous stellate and a variable number of glandular hairs, but with simple hairs only near base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence laxly paniculate with longer lower branches to shorter and sub-umbellate, with up to 60 capitula
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
Involucre 8–11 mm, campanulate; phyllaries linear-lanceolate, obtuse (not seen in Iraq) to acute or acuminate, with dense stellate and glandular hairs but without or with very few simple hairs
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corollas yellow
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes narrowly oblong, ± 2 mm, dark chestnut-brown; pappus dirty white.
Ecology
Clearings in Quercus woodland, dried-up gravel outwash; alt. 9500–2100 m.
Distribution
Rare; known from four records from mountainous areas of Iraq. Turkey (E Anatolia), Caucasia, NW Iran, Russia (SE European part).
[FIQ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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