Erigeron caucasicus
Erigeron caucasicus
Ssp caucasicus: Kaf şifaotu; Ssp venustus: Zarif şifaotu
Perennial with sparsely to densely pilose indumentum sometimes intermixed with glandular hairs. Stems ± erect, 5-35 cm, simple or branched above. Basal leaves oblanceolate or spathulate, 2-15 x 0,5-1,5 cm, acute or obtuse at apex, attenuate to subpetiolate at base, margins entire; cauline leaves lanceolate 'or ovate, 1-7 x 0,3-1,5 cm, narrowed or rounded and semi-amplexicaul at base. Capitula solitary or several in loose corymbs. Involucre 1,75-2,25 cm broad, green or purplish-tinged, sparsely to densely pilose, sometimes glandular; phyllaries linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 6-10 x0,75 mm. Ray flowers 70-200, mauve-pink or white; ligules 5-15 x 0,4-1,5 mm. Disc corollas 3,5-5 mm. Achenes 2,5-3 mm, pubescent. Pappus brownish, 3,5-5 mm. Fl. 6-8. Rocky slopes and screes, 1620-4385 m.
1. Ligules 5-6 x 0,4-0,5 mm, generally inrolled; capitula usually several, less often solitary; cauline leaves usually ovate .........subsp. caucasicus element.)
1. Ligules 8-15 x 1-1,5 mm, usually flat; capitula often solitary; cauline leaves usually lanceolate ..................subsp. venustus
