Lappula microcarpa Gürke

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Lappula

Characteristics

Herbs annual or biennial, erect. Stems much branched above middle, 20-45 cm tall, white strigose. Basal leaves forming a rosette, withered in fruit; leaf blade oblong, 3-4 cm, base attenuate, apex obtuse; stem leaves linear, 2-3 cm × 2-4 mm, flexed along midvein, gray-white hispid, hairs discoid at base, margin spreading ciliate. Inflorescences terminal on branches, elongated in fruit; bracts linear. Fruiting pedicel erect, ca. 2 mm. Calyx 5-parted; lobes linear, ca. 3 mm, not enlarged in fruit. Corolla light blue, campanulate, ca. 5 mm; tube slightly longer than calyx; limb ca. 4.5 mm wide; lobes ovate-orbicular. Style surpassing nutlets 0.8-1.5 mm. Nutlets ovoid, 2.5-3 mm; adaxially granulose, sometimes with 2 rows of glochids below; disc narrowly ovate, granulose, center line keeled and with short glochids; marginal glochids in a single row, 0.8-1 mm. 2n = 22, 24.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.45
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Distribution

Lappula microcarpa world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:117578-1
WFO ID wfo-0001215761
COL ID 3S9TL
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Synonyms

Lappula filiformis Lappula polymorpha Cynoglossospermum microcarpum Echinospermum filiforme Echinospermum microcarpum Echinospermum polymorphum Echinospermum oligacanthum Echinospermum rigidum Echinospermum stylosum Lappula microcarpa Lappula microcarpa var. heterogenea