Scorzonera laciniataL. (= Podospermum laciniatum (L.) DC.) Cutleaf Viper's-grass Salsify

Scorzonera laciniataL. (= Podospermum laciniatum (L.) DC.) - Cutleaf Viper's-grass Salsify

Scientific Description:

Subscapigerous to caulescent annual to biennial, 15−30 cm; rootstock cylindrical, poorly developed, not crowned by leaf remains. Leaves pinnatipartite, 7−20 × 2−4 cm, usually crisped-pubescent when young, becoming glabrous, petiolate; leaf segments linear-lanceolate to broadly ovate-lanceolate. Capitula 1−3 per stem, 13−25 mm long. Outer phyllaries 4−8 mm, ovate-lanceolate; inner 15−23 mm (in fruit), linear-lanceolate. Flowers yellow; ligules 1−1.3 × as long as inner phyllaries in young capitula, elongating as capitula develop, apparently remaining erect. Achenes stipitate, 10−15 mm, cylindrical, prominently ridged, glabrous; pappus hairs plumose.

subsp. laciniata L.

Lateral leaf segments (5−)10−30 × as long as broad.

Flowering time: April−June.

Habitat: Salt steppe, cultivated land, etc., s.l.−2300 m.

Reference:
Chamberlain DF (1975). Scorzonera laciniata L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 5: 634−635.

Public Description:

Scorzonera laciniata subsp. laciniata, known as “Cutleaf Viper's-grass salsify”, is native to the Mediterranean to the east to Pakistan. It is an annuals or biennials plant with yellow flowers, and grows up to 30 cm in length. It blooms between April and June and is found in salt steppe and cultivated land.

References:

Anonymous (2016). https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorzonera_laciniata, Accessed date: 22.01.2016.

Makbul S (2012). Scorzonera L. In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 195–199.