- Family: Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus: Pulicaria Gaertn.
Pulicaria arabica (L.) Cass.
- Genus: Pulicaria Gaertn.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herb 5–90 cm high; branches often reddish, scabrid
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves lanceolate, 2–9´0.4–1 cm, dentate, obtuse, pubescent to scabrid, glandular, sticky
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Capitula in lax corymbs; involucre 5–6 mm long; phyllaries lanceolate, acute, scabridulous and glandular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla yellow or cream; ray florets 4–6 mm long, of which ray 2–5 mm; disk florets 4–4.5 mm long, with hairy apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes 1.2 mm long, pilose and glandular; outer pappus of half-connate scales 0.2–0.3 mm long, inner pappus of 8–10 bristles 2.5–3 mm long.
- Distribution
- N2 Morocco to Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Arabia, Yemen.
- Ecology
- Altitude c. 1000 m.
- Vernacular
- Farohod (Somali).
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Introduced into:
Northern Provinces
- Conyza kotschyi Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf.
- Conyza rufescens Hoffmanns. & Link
- Erigeron inuloides Poir.
- Inula arabica L.
- Inula paludosa Link ex DC.
- Inula palustris Link
- Inula planifolia Link ex DC.
- Inula pulicaria Brot. ex DC.
- Inula villosa Vahl ex Hornem.
- Limbarda arabica Raf.
- Pulicaria aspera Pomel
- Pulicaria demissa Boiss.
- Pulicaria elata Boiss.
- Pulicaria inuloides (Poir.) DC.
- Pulicaria laniceps Bornm.
- Pulicaria longifolia Boiss.
- Pulicaria paludosa subsp. inuloides (DC.) Valdés
- Pulicaria palustris Hoffmanns. & Link
- Pulicaria planifolia Steud.
- Pulicaria trichocephala DC.
- Pulicaria uliginosa Hoffmanns. & Link
- Pulicaria villosa Link
- Tubilium angustifolium Cass.
Pulicaria arabica (L.) Cass. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunge, A. [1], Iran | K000978577 | Unknown type material |
First published in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 44: 94 (1826)
Accepted by
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (2015). Flora of Oman 3: 1-386. National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise.
- Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
- Qaiser, M. & Abid, R. (2003). Flora of Pakistan 210: 1-215. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Qaiser, M. & Abid, R. (2003). Flora of Pakistan 210: 1-215. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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