27 September 2008.
Azerbaijan
Locality: A few miles north of Ayrinc. [Originally listed as "a few miles south of Ayrinch"; the direction from the village was a mistake. -SBL]
Coordinates: 39.4614, 45.5953
(Map it)
Elevation: 915m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Open, hillside scrub; stony clay soil.
Slope: 45
Comment: DESCRIPTION: Perennial to 1.5 ft. tall, with glaucous, possibly evergreen lower foliage (larger and coarser than D. caryophyllus) and stems somewhat branched, terminating in dense, rounded heads of flowers (flowers not seen at this time, only mature and maturing seed pods).; SUB-COUNTRY GEO 1: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic; SUB-COUNTRY GEO 2: Shahbuz District; COLLECTOR'S NUMBER: AZB-2008-181; MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ABOUT WILD COLLECTION: Ibragimov says this is D. orientalis and has red flowers; plant does not resemble D. orientalis and appears allied to D. carthusianorum based on inflorescence.;
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