Saussurea angustifolia var. angustifolia

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 167. Mentioned on page 166.

Plants 10–40(–50) cm. Stems usually simple, ± thinly arachnoid. Leaves mostly 2–8 mm wide; basal blades linear or narrowly elliptic, margins entire or denticulate, glabrous or abaxially thinly arachnoid; cauline linear or oblong, crowded or well separated, usually not surpassing heads. Heads crowded or in ± open arrays. Phyllaries unequal in 3–5 series; outer usually 1.5–2 times longer than wide. 2n = 26, 52.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Moist to dry sites, arctic and alpine tundras, bogs, riverbanks, grassy slopes, willow thickets, spruce forests
Elevation: 10–1300 m

Distribution

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B.C., N.W.T., Nunavut, Yukon, Alaska, Russian Far East (Chukotka).

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
David J. Keil +
(Linnaeus) de Candolle +
Serratula alpina var. angustifolia +
B.C. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Yukon +, Alaska +  and Russian Far East (Chukotka). +
10–1300 m +
Moist to dry sites, arctic and alpine tundras, bogs, riverbanks, grassy slopes, willow thickets, spruce forests +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. +
Serratula angustifolia +
Saussurea angustifolia var. angustifolia +
Saussurea angustifolia +
variety +