Tripleuspermum conoclinium (Boiss. & Bal.) Hayek Akpapatya (in Turkish)

Tripleuspermum conoclinium (Boiss. & Bal.) Hayek - Akpapatya (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Biennial or perennial, 25−35(−65) cm. Stems 1 to many from base, branched or unbranched above. Leaves 2−3-pinnatisect; laciniae linear-lanceolate, mucronate. Capitula radiate, 2−4 or rarely many in number, corymbose, 0.9−1.5 cm broad (excl. ligules); peduncles long, unequal. Phyllaries ovate-oblong, obtuse or subobtuse, pubescent or glabrescent, margins brownish-membranous. Receptacle elongate, broadly conical-oblong. Ligules 9−13 mm; corolla lobes of disc flowers prominently glandular at tips. Achenes obovate or obovate-oblong, ± compressed, black at maturity, 1−2 × 0,6−1,2 mm, profusely mucilaginous, anteriorly smooth or finely lineolate, posteriorly 3-ribbed, ribs thick, white; corona absent; glands tend to coalesce at tip of achene.

 

Flowering time: April−July.

Habitat: Meadows and pastures, nr s.l.−1200 m.

 

Reference:
Hossain ABM Enayet (1975). Tripleurospermum conoclinium (Boiss. & Bal.) Hayek, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 5: 304.

Public Description:

Tripleurospermum conoclinium, is an endemic species to Türkiye and known as “akpapatya” in Turkish, is distributed in Anatolia. It is a biennial or perennial herbaceous plant with white ligulate flowers and yellow tubular flowers, and grows up to 35 cm in length. It blooms between April and July, and is found in meadows and pastures.

 

References:

Anonymous (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=5095, Accessed date: 22.01.2016.

İnceer H (2012). Tripleurospermum Sch.Bip. 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. 212–214.