Pseudopodospermum libanoticum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Pseudopodospermum |
Species: | P. libanoticum
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Binomial name | |
Pseudopodospermum libanoticum (
Boiss.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
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Synonyms | |
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Pseudopodospermum libanoticum, also known as Lebanese salsify and Lebanese viper's grass, is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. [1] [2] [3]
Pseudopodospermum libanoticum grows to a height of 15 to 80 cm (5.9 to 31.5 in) and is covered with fluffy detersile coating. Its erect flower stems are leafy and branched in the upper part into 3-5 floral heads measuring 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.57 in). The flower heads are supported by a scaly receptacles atop long pedicels. It has glabrous cylindrical involucral bracts that are truncated at the base and slightly constricted at the top. The yellow flowers turn purple-red at the base and are larger than the involucre. It blooms in June and July. The fruit is a white, thick, long and deeply furrowed achene surmounted by a small pappus. P. libanoticum leaves are whole, slightly toothed towards the base, oblong or oblong- lanceolate, more or less acute that narrow at the petiole. [4] [5]
Pseudopodospermum libanoticum is endemic to the mountainous regions of the Levant in Lebanon and Syria; [6] [7] it grows in elevated meadows and pastures, rocky and grassy grounds, and old wall cracks [4] [5]
The plant is used in folk medicine, its aerial parts are made into a decoction used orally to treat headaches. The plant's raw young shoots and leaves are edible. [5]
Pseudopodospermum libanoticum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Pseudopodospermum |
Species: | P. libanoticum
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Binomial name | |
Pseudopodospermum libanoticum (
Boiss.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
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Synonyms | |
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Pseudopodospermum libanoticum, also known as Lebanese salsify and Lebanese viper's grass, is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. [1] [2] [3]
Pseudopodospermum libanoticum grows to a height of 15 to 80 cm (5.9 to 31.5 in) and is covered with fluffy detersile coating. Its erect flower stems are leafy and branched in the upper part into 3-5 floral heads measuring 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.57 in). The flower heads are supported by a scaly receptacles atop long pedicels. It has glabrous cylindrical involucral bracts that are truncated at the base and slightly constricted at the top. The yellow flowers turn purple-red at the base and are larger than the involucre. It blooms in June and July. The fruit is a white, thick, long and deeply furrowed achene surmounted by a small pappus. P. libanoticum leaves are whole, slightly toothed towards the base, oblong or oblong- lanceolate, more or less acute that narrow at the petiole. [4] [5]
Pseudopodospermum libanoticum is endemic to the mountainous regions of the Levant in Lebanon and Syria; [6] [7] it grows in elevated meadows and pastures, rocky and grassy grounds, and old wall cracks [4] [5]
The plant is used in folk medicine, its aerial parts are made into a decoction used orally to treat headaches. The plant's raw young shoots and leaves are edible. [5]