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Jurinea heteromalla (D.Don) N.Garcia, Herrando & Susana

Synonym: Saussurea heteromalla D.Don

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Description

Jurinea heteromalla is a perennial herb, usually 30–100 cm tall, arising from a stout woody rootstock. Stems are erect, simple or sparsely branched, and densely covered with white woolly hairs. Basal leaves are large, lanceolate to oblong, deeply lobed, green above and densely white-tomentose beneath; upper leaves are progressively smaller. Flower heads are solitary or few, terminal, with numerous purple to reddish-purple tubular florets surrounded by overlapping involucral bracts. Fruits are brown ribbed achenes with a persistent white pappus.

Diagnostic Characters

Vegetative

Large lobed leaves with densely white woolly undersurfaces.

Floral

Large purple flower heads borne singly or in small numbers.

Fruit & Seed

Ribbed achenes with a persistent white pappus.

Distribution

Native range: Himalayas and adjoining regions of South and Central Asia.

In Pakistan: Northern Pakistan.

Phenology

Flowering

Fruiting

Flowering: June–September Fruiting: July–October

Ethnobotany & Uses

Uses

Traditionally used for treating fever, wounds, inflammation, and digestive disorders. Young foliage is occasionally grazed by livestock. Important component of montane grassland vegetation.

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Where it grows on campus

This species is on the campus floristic list but was not pinned during the GPS mapping survey, so it has no map records yet.

Taxonomic Notes

This species was formerly treated as Saussurea heteromalla but has been transferred to Jurinea based on recent phylogenetic studies. It is distinguished by its woolly foliage and large purple flower heads. The accepted name follows POWO, WFO, and current taxonomic treatments.