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7. Dianthus falconeri Edgew., In, Hook. f., Brit. Ind. 1:214. 1874. Blatter, Beaut. Flow. Kashm. 1:49. 1928; Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 242.1972.

SHAHINA A. GHAZANFAR & YASIN J. NASIR

Perennial with a woody stock. Stem 35-60 cm, erect, stout, branched Leaves 70-130 x 2-3 mm, linear, acute, serrulate. Flowers solitary, terminal. Bracteoles 4)-6), broadly ovate long cuspidate, reaching 2/3 the calyx length, ebarbulate.

Type: W. Tibet. Dendikot & Deotsu, Falconer 2098 (G).

Distribution: Kashmir. W. Tibet.

Blatter (l.c.) records it to be common in Ferozpur Nala, Gulmarg (Kashmir) at ± 2130 m.


 

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