Asteraceae

Crupina (Pers.) DC.

First published in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 157 (1810)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is E. Central Europe to Central Asia and NW. India, N. Africa.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Slender erect annual herbs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, mostly narrowly and deeply pinnatisect, clothed at margins with multicellular many-barbed glochidiate hairs
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences laxly corymbose
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula heterogamous, radiant; involucre narrow; phyllaries in several rows, papery, unarmed; receptacle flat, bristly
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Outer florets sterile
Disc
Disc florets hermaphrodite; corolla purple to pink, limb deeply regularly 5-lobed, tube pilose
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes smooth, velutinous above, compressed to terete and shortly cylindrical, hilum basal or lateral, truncate at apex with an annular rim surrounded by pappus; pappus of several rows of outer barbellate pale to dark bristles and an inner series of short dark scales.
Distribution
Three species in Iraq, the Mediterranean region and W Asia.
Etymology
Crupina (from the Low German krupen, to creep – alluding to the ability of the seed to ‘creep’ forward using its rigid, barbellate pappus; for this reason, mature seeds do not fall from the involucre in dried herbarium material of the genus.)
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Sources

  • 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

  • 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