Malcolmia strigosa
Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, 17: 70. 1842; Hook. f. & T.
Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 146. 1872.
Herbs, annual, suberect or spreading, 10 - 20 cm high, branched from base. Leaves oblanceolate, oblong or subelliptic, subentire to sinuate toothed, shortly petioled, 1 - 3 x 0.5 - 1.2 cm. Flowers ca 4 mm across, numerous in racemes; pedicels ca 1 mm long in fruit. Sepals ca 3 mm long. Petals ca 6 mm long, whitish. Stamens ca 3 mm long. Fruits subquadrate or terete, tapering towards the apex, often slightly curved, spreading straight, ca 30 mm long, 2 mm wide. Seeds ca 1 mm long, pale brown.
Fl. & Fr. April - June.
Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir.
Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.
Notes. Aswal et al. (in Indian J. For. 11(2): 172. 1988) reports this from Ladakh in Kashmir.
Fl. & Fr. April - June.
Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir.
Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.
Notes. Aswal et al. (in Indian J. For. 11(2): 172. 1988) reports this from Ladakh in Kashmir.