Tephroseris kjellmanii

(A. E. Porsild) Holub

Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 173. 1973.

Basionym: Senecio kjellmanii A. E. Porsild Rhodora 41: 299. 1939,
Synonyms: Senecio atropurpureus subsp. tomentosus (Kjellman) Hultén Senecio atropurpureus var. dentatus A. Gray ex Hultén Senecio frigidus var. tomentosus (Kjellman) Cufodontis Tephroseris atropurpurea subsp. tomentosa (Kjellman) Á. Löve & D. Löve
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 616.

Perennials, 7–15 cm (stems and leaves floccose-tomentose or unevenly glabrate, distal stems and bases of phyllaries brown-woolly; rhizomes creeping). Stems single or loosely clustered. Leaves basal and cauline; petioles wingless or weakly winged (1–4 cm); blades ovate to subrhombic, 1–3 × 1–2 cm, margins usually irregularly toothed, sometimes subentire (proximal cauline leaves similar, petioles winged; distal leaves smaller, sessile, clasping, bractlike). Heads 1(–2). Involucres ± abruptly contracted to peduncles. Phyllaries 13(–21), greenish (tips greenish or purplish, usually obscured by dense, brown indument), 7–10 mm. Ray florets (0–)13; laminae 7–12+ mm. Disc florets 30–50; corollas yellow or light yellow. Cypselae glabrous; pappi white or whitish. 2n = 48, 96.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Wet soils, tundra meadows, ridges, scree slopes
Elevation: 0–2000 m

Distribution

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N.W.T., Yukon, Alaska, e Asia (Russian Far East).

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Theodore M. Barkley† +  and David F. Murray +
(A. E. Porsild) Holub +
Senecio kjellmanii +
N.W.T. +, Yukon +, Alaska +  and e Asia (Russian Far East). +
0–2000 m +
Wet soils, tundra meadows, ridges, scree slopes +
Flowering May–Aug. +
Folia Geobot. Phytotax. +
Senecio atropurpureus subsp. tomentosus +, Senecio atropurpureus var. dentatus +, Senecio frigidus var. tomentosus +  and Tephroseris atropurpurea subsp. tomentosa +
Tephroseris kjellmanii +
Tephroseris +
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