Asteraceae
Gelasia

Gelasia lanata (L.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian

First published in PhytoKeys 137: 57 (2020)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caucasus to Afghanistan. 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]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/200630/2674262

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae.Kew Publishing

Morphology General Habit
Scapose perennial herb, rootstock a globose tuber 1.5–2.5 cm in diameter, with a slender 1–4 cm neck between tuber and basal leaves, ± densely furnished throughout its vegetative parts with long, white, sericeous-lanate hairs, only dark-striate leaf-sheaths glabrous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves all basal, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 3.5–20 × 0.1–1.5 cm, 3–5-veined, attenuate above to a long, narrow, frequently circinnate tip, margins ± strongly undulate or crispate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Scape
Scapes 1-several, 2.5–16 cm, often deflexed in fruit with capitulum inclined
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula solitary on scapes; involucre broadly obconical; outer phyllaries few, narrowly lanceolate, 2–6 mm, often ± concealed in lanate indumentum; inner phyllaries 9–15 mm in flower, 15–22 mm in fruit
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Florets 8–12 mm; limb 7–11 mm, yellow, marginal reddish-striped dorsally
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes 5–6 mm, completely concealed by long, dense hairs; pappus 9–12 mm, hairs scabrid only about apex, densely plumose and merging with achene-hairs below, brownish.
Ecology
Poa-steppe, rocky hillsides on limestone, stony clay slopes, grassy places in oak scrub, extending to the upper limits of the Quercus zone; alt. 260 (or lower)–1500 m.;
Phenology
flowering Mar.-Apr., fruiting: Apr.-May.
Distribution
Widespread in the lower parts of the mountain region of Iraq and the steppe region, only one record (perhaps from seeds brought down by river action) in the plain. Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Transcaucasia, Iran, Afghanistan.
[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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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/
    • © 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 2024. 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