Myopordon pulchellum explained

Myopordon pulchellum [1] is a species of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.[2] [3]

Description

The plant is sub-acaulescent with a single flowering head, it measures 3to. The briefly petiolated leaves are arranged in a rosette around a thick rhizome; the leaves form a sheath around the base. The leaves are appressed, pinnatifid or lyrate and the contour is ovate to lanceolate; both leave faces are canescent with ciliated and spiny margins. The pant's receptacle has silky trichomes. Involucral bracts are canescent and covered with cobweb-like hairs, each bract ends with a single spine. The fruit is a smooth rotund achene with lateral hilum measuring long and wide surmounted by a white pappus.

Distribution

The plant is endemic to Lebanon.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Nehmé, Moustapha. معجم الاشتقاقي لنباتات لبنان: noms scientifiques et leur étymologie : noms français, anglais et arabes : noms arabes translittérés. 2000-01-01. Librairie du Liban éditeurs. fr.
  2. Web site: Lebanon FLORA. www.lebanon-flora.org. Université Saint Joseph, Beyrouth. 2017-01-05.
  3. Web site: Myopordon pulchellum (C.Winkl. & Barbey) Wagenitz — The Plant List. www.theplantlist.org. 2017-01-05.
  4. Book: Mouterde, Paul. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966. Editions de l'Impr. catholique. 9782721458063. fr.
  5. Web site: Myopordon pulchellum Euro+Med-Plantbase. portal.cybertaxonomy.org. European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy. 2017-01-05.