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Valerianella muricata (Stev.) Baxt. in Loudon, Hort. Brit. Suppl. 3: 654. 1839. Rech. f., l.c 16; Goode & Mathews, l.c 581.
Fedia muricata Stev.Valeriana truncata BetckeValeriana truncata var. muricata (Stev.) Boiss.
Plants 3-17 cm tall. Leaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 2-4 cm X 2.5-5 mm, base often toothed. Bracts ovate to lanceolate, 2-4 mm long. Calyx obliquely truncate, as long as or longer than the fruit, margin serrulate. Achene c. 1.5 mm long, ovoid, pubescent; sterile locule pair reduced.
Fl.Per.: March-April.
Type: Tauria, Steven (H).
Distribution: Iran, Turkey, Palestine, USSR and Pakistan.
Common in spring. Often found as a weed in cultivated fields up to 1500 m.
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