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13. Kochia Roth in Schrad., Journ. Bot. 1: 307. 1801; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 10. 1886; Ball in Tutin et al., Fl. Europ. 1: 98. 1964; Aellen in Davis, Fl. Turk. 2: 316. 1966; Hedge in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 172: 107. 1997.
Similar to Bassia but flowers neither hidden in hairs nor fruiting perianth spiny or tubercled, often with a short flat wing on the back of ± coriaceous fruiting perianth segments.
About 10 species, mainly Saharo-Arabian and Irano-Turanian, represented by 5 species in Pakistan.
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Leaves filiform-linear, up to 5 cm (at least some up to 3 cm) long, greenish (cultivated as ornamental). |
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5 K. scoparia |
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Leaves linear to lanceolate or oblong, usually not exceeding more than 2 cm in length; plants whitish - or glaucous. |
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Annual, branches many from the stem spreading, flexuos, elongated; fruiting perianth often shortly winged; leaves lanceolate, greenish. |
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Perennial; many simple or unbranched stems from the base (rootstock) not flexuose; whitish in appearance. |
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1 K. prostrata |
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Leaves distant, greenish, linear-lanceolate; flower-clusters scattered, distant. |
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2 K. indica |
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Leaves ± condensed oblong-linear, whitish, softly pubescent; flower-clusters crowded. |
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Perianth segments rhombic, narrowed at base, not erose on margin. |
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4 K. stellaris |
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Perianth segments ± orbicular with erose margin. |
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3 K. iranica |
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