Pulicaria argyrophylla Franch.

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type

N Somalia, without precise locality, Révoil 64 (P holo.).

Morphology General Habit

Woody herb or small shrub 15–60 cm high, sometimes procumbent; branches tomentellous

Morphology Leaves

Leaves obovate to spatulate, 15–22´8–11 mm, base long-attenuate but the very base widened, margins dentate to slightly lobed, apex mucronate, lanate to white-tomentellous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Capitula terminal and solitary, on stalks 1–6 cm long; involucre 3.5–5 mm high; phyllaries lanceolate, apiculate, the outer pubescent

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla yellow; ray florets absent or present and 4.5–7 mm long, of which the ray 3–5 mm; disk florets 3.7–5 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Achenes 1.2–1.5 mm long, 10-ribbed, sparsely pilose; outer pappus of partly connate scales 0.3–0.5 mm long, inner pappus of few to many bristles 3–5 mm long, flattened.

Distribution

N2, 3; C2; Yemen, Saudi Arabia

Ecology

Altitude range 200–1340 m.

Note

Plants with ray florets have been called var. oligophylla Gamal-Eldin in Arabia. As rays may be present or absent also in Somalia, and without any associated characters, this should probably come into synonymy.