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Asteriscus pinifolius Maire & Wilczek

Ighermia pinifolia (Maire & Wilczek) Wilkund

Subshrub up to 1.5 m in height, branched from the base, with glabrescent branches, glutinous especially in the younger parts. Leaves alternate, linear; the upper leaves shortly petiolate and with entire or subentire margin; the lower leaves subsessile and with teeth very spaced apart along the margin, all of them green, glabrous and glutinous. Capitula 2-3 cm in diameter, solitary, terminal, shortly pedunculate or sessile, surrounded by involucral leaves similar to the cauline leaves and much longer than the involucre. Involucre with 2-3 rows of imbricate bracts. Flowers yellow; outer flowers in ray florets and female, glandulose on the outside; the rest of the flowers tubular and hermaphrodite. Fruit a slightly obconical achene, arched, truncated at the apex, glabrous, with clear ribs.

Flowering:

March to May.

 

Fruiting:

April to June.

Habitat:

Stony arid subdesert grasslands, rocky-stony beds and margins of dry rivers, streams and wadis.

Distribution:

Endemic to the SW of Morocco; for the moment, it is known between Guelmin, Assa and  Fum el Hassan.

Conservation status:

Rare species with a small distribution area. Currently, it has not been assessed at a global level in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In the Livre Rouge de la flore vasculaire du Maroc (Fennane, 2021) it has been considered as Endangered (EN).

Asteriscus pinifolius. 1. Jean-Paul Peltier. Teline
Asteriscus pinifolius. General aspect and habitat in the Western Anti Atlas occidental (SW of Morocco). Jean-Paul Peltier. Teline.
Asteriscus pinifolius. 2. Fouad Msanda. Teline
Asteriscus pinifolius. General aspect with leaves and inflorescences. Fouad Msanda. Teline.
Asteriscus pinifolius. 4. Jean-Paul Peltier. Teline
Asteriscus pinifolius. General aspect with inflorescences and infruitescences. Jean-Paul Peltier. Teline.
Asteriscus pinifolius. 3. Fouad Msanda. Teline
Asteriscus pinifolius. Floral capitulum in lateral view. Fouad Msanda. Teline.
Asteriscus pinifolius. 5. Abdelmonaim H. Bakali. Teline
Asteriscus pinifolius. Detail of infruitescence. Abdelmonaim H. Bakali. Teline.
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