Lamyropappus schakaptaricus
Status: VU. A rare representative of a monotypic genus.
Description. A perennial or biennial plant with a spindle-shaped thick root. Stems 50-60 (80) cm tall, solitary or in groups, whitish woolly, branched. Leaves leathery, lower ones 5-35 cm long, 4.5-15.0 cm wide, petiolate, glabrous on top, white-woolly underneath, with spiny serrated edges. Middle and upper leaves are sessile, oval or lobed in shape. Flower heads 20-30 mm wide, numerous involucral bracts, hard and leathery. The corolla up to 35 mm long, purple. Achenes 8-10 mm long, grayish; pappus 18-22 mm long.
Biological features. Blooms in June-July, fruits in August. Propagates by seeds.
Distribution in general and in the country. Kazakhstan (southwestern part of the Balkhash deserts) and Kyrgyzstan - mountains in the middle course of the Naryn River, foothills of Chatkal (around Shakaptar and Tash-Kumyr) and Fergana (basin of the Maili-Sai River, the Dzhide-Sai locality), Ketmen-Tyube Hollow (Kok-Kyya locality).
Habitat. Colorful slopes from plains to the lower mountain belt, in river valleys and rocky-clay depressions in the foothills.
Population. Found singly.
Limiting factors. Unsystematic livestock grazing, excessive load on pastures. Plowing and construction activities.
Cultivation. No information available.
Existing conservation measures. No special conservation measures have been developed. Listed in the Red Book of the USSR (1984), the Red Book of the Kyrgyz SSR (1985).
Recommended conservation measures. Organize a botanical reserve, conduct population accounting, cultivate as an ornamental plant.
Lamyropappus
Lamyropappus schakaptaricus (B. Fedtsch.) Knorr. et Tamamsch
Status: VU. It is a rare mosaic-distributed representative of the monotypic genus, ornamental plant. The specific area includes limited territories in deserts near Balkhash Lake (Kazakhstan), in Ketmen-Tyube Hollow (Kok-Kyya locality) at northern macro-slope and spurs of Chatkal Mountain Range and in western part of Fergana Mountain Range (southern piedmonts in basins of Maili-Sai and Dzhide-Sai Rivers). The species occurs by sparse specimens at motley-clayey, loess and stony soils on slopes and in depressions in low-montane zone. Period of flowering: June - July, fruiting in August, propagation is generative (by seeds). Number in nature is small, the species is unstudied in a culture. Limiting factors are excessive pasturage, ploughing-up and weak reproduction in arid conditions. The species is listed in Red Books of USSR and Kyrgyzstan but there are not special protection for it. The creation of botanical wildlife area, inventory of ```