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3. Consolida persica (Boiss.) Schroed. in Abh. Zool-Bot. Ges. Wien. 4(5):17, 162. 1909. Tamura in Kitam., Fl. Afghan. 123. 1960, Munz in J. Am. Arb. 48:186. 1967, Stewart, Ann. Catalogue Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 266. 1972, Qureshi & Chaudhri in Pak. syst. 4(1-2):85.1988 (Fig. 11, F. G).
HARALD RIEDL and YASIN J. NASIR
Naturhistorisches Museum, Botanische Abteilung, Wien, Austria. and National Herbarium, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Delphinium persicum Boiss.
Plant 10-35 cm high, divaricately branched, strigulose in all parts, some hairs gland-tipped, especially in the upper portion of stem. Leaves small, the lower petiolate, with narrow ± fleshy segments. Bracts 2-8 mm, trifid or entire. pedicels 2-4 mm in flower, 5 mm in fruit, bracteoles upto 3 mm, subulate. Sepals 6-8 mm, pinkish or white, sometimes with a blue tinge and a greenish midrib, not clawed, upper one ovate-lanceolate, spur ascending, 20-25 mm long, ± 4 mm wide at base, lateral one oblong obovate, 3.5 mm wide, pubescent on midrib, lower ones broadly ovate-lanceolate 4 mm wide, pubescent all over. Petal 3-lobed, 15-20 mm wide, terminal lobe with 2 short lobules, lateral lobes rounded. Filaments glabrous. Follicle hairy, 10 x 2.5 mm, slightly compressed, scarcely rugose. Style 3 mm long.
Fl. Per.: April-May.
Type: Persia circa Amadan, Aucher 78 (G, P).
D-4 Baluchistan: Maslakh, R.R. Stewart 706 (RAW), Baleli, Asghar Ali 126 (RAW), Khanozoi-Hindubagh, ± 5000', in stones, Z. Ali 5670 (RAW). Distribution: N.E. Anatolia, Armenia SSR, Southern Siberia, Afghanistan, Pakistan.
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