Caprifoliaceae
Pterocephalus

Pterocephalus plumosus (L.) F.Dietr.

First published in Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 7: 5 (1821)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Medit. to 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.

Morphology General Habit
Erect annual herb up to 40 cm high, tomentose with long and short glandular and eglandular hairs
Morphology Stem
Stems ± branched above
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 30–150 × 6–50 mm, the lower oblong, entire, crenate-dentate or lyrate; the upper entire or pinnatipartite or lyrate with a large lanceolate terminal lobe and small linear lateral lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence hemispherical, 15– 30 mm across
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla pink or purplish, 9–12 mm long; lobes 4–6 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Involucral bracteoles absent Involucral bracts 12–24 × 2.5–4 mm, linear-lanceolate, acute, equal to or longer than the inflorescence Involucel in fruit 4–5 mm long, with a toothed margin; crown and internal collar absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx shortly stipitate, with 11–12 awns, 9–11 mm long and free almost to the base.
Ecology
Wet ground nr. wadi, rocky clay, dry river bed, mountain slope, on limestone at upper limit of Quercus aegilops forest; alt. 680–1450 (–2000) m.
Phenology
May–Jul.
Distribution
Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Armenia, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Caucasus, N, C & W Iran, Turkmenistan, Libya.
[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

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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