Caprifoliaceae
Cephalaria

Cephalaria setosa Boiss. & Hohen.

First published in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 107 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Türkiye to N. Central West Bank and NW. Iran. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.

Type
Type: Mt. Gara, Kotschy 572 (syn.);
Morphology General Habit
Erect freely branched annual herb up to 1 m high
Morphology Stem
Stems usually tuberculate, ± setose
Morphology Leaves
Leaves ± setose, sessile or shortly petiolate; the lower lyrate-pinnatisect, 100–150 × 25–40 mm, with oblong-ovate, denticulate terminal lobes and oblong-linear lateral lobes; the upper leaves 20–50 × 6–20 mm, lanceolate, entire
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence ovoid, 10–15 mm long, borne on slender, sulcate ± setose peduncles
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Involucral bracts ovate, 2–4 × 1.5–2 mm, acuminate, pubescent Involucral bracteoles 7–9 × 3–4.5 mm, oblong, aristate, with bristles 1–2 mm, sericeous Involucel in fruit 4–6 mm long, sericeous, 8-angled with 4 broad ridges 2 of which are produced into bristles equal in length to the tube and 2 with bristles a little longer than the tube and 4 intermediate narrow ridges bearing very short bristles less than one quarter the length of the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx aristate with long and short bristles, sericeous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla cream, ± 9 mm long, lobes 3–4 mm long
Ecology
On limestone, in Quercus forest, waste land; 600–1500 m
Phenology
Jun.–Jul.
Distribution
Widespread in the forest zone of the mountain region of Iraq. Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, W Iran.
[FIQ]

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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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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

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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