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Pakistan | Family List | Boraginaceae | Mattiastrum

3. Mattiastrum himalayense (Klotzsch) Brand in Repert. Sp. Nov. 14:156. 1916. Pflanzenr. iv (Heft 78); 65.1921; Riedl in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 48:116. 1967.

YASIN J. NASIR

Biennial or perennial herbs up to 60 cm. Stem solitary or many, branches spreading or not. Hairs subpatent, mixed with subappressed hairs. Basal leaves oblanceolate to ± spathulate, 40-85 x 6-15 (-17) nun, covered on both surfaces with unequal hairs. Inflorescence elongating in fruit, lax. Pedicels 1-2 mm in fruit. Nutlets ± orbicular, 5-8 mm long, wings broad, dentate, with teeth bearing glochiddia. Style up to 1 mm long.

Represented by 2 varieties in Pakistan.


1 Biennial with slender solitary stems; branches not much spreading   3 Mattiastrum himalayense var. himalayense
+ Perennial with many stout stems; branches spreading   3 Mattiastrum himalayense var. fallax

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