Scorzonera iliensis Krasch.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Scorzonera

Characteristics

Herbs 35-70 cm tall, perennial, with a taproot. Caudex with leaf sheath residues. Stems solitary or few, erect, branched apically, glabrous or somewhat floccose and glabrescent, leafy. Basal leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 10-25 × 0.4-1 cm, margin flat, apex acuminate. Stem leaves similar to basal leaves but smaller. Synflorescence laxly corymbiform, with few capitula. Involucre cylindric, 1.4-1.6 × ca. 0.5 cm at anthesis, to 3 cm in fruit. Phyllaries arachnoid branched hairy; outermost phyllaries triangular to ovate-triangular. Achene cylindric, 1-1.5 cm, with smooth ribs, glabrous. Pappus dirty white, to 2 cm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35 - 0.7
Root system tap-root
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Scorzonera iliensis world distribution map, present in China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:243223-1
WFO ID wfo-0000033132
COL ID 4VXB9
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Synonyms

Scorzonera iliensis