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.

"fine" is not a number.

purplish +, tinged dark +  and dark green +
tomentose +  and pilose +
short-tailed +
darker purple +
not +  and appendaged +
entire +  and not spine-tipped +
glandular +  and glabrous +
scarious +
corymbiform +, crowded +  and open +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
David J. Keil +
(Linnaeus) de Candolle +
Serratula alpina var. angustifolia +
compound +  and simple +
elliptic +  and linear to narrowly +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
dentate to pinnately lobed +  and entire +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
10-nerved or 20-nerved +  and rugose +
separated +  and crowded +
oblong +  and linear +
actinomorphic +
white +  and blue or purple +
1,100 cm11,000 mm <br />11 m <br /> (1,500 cm15,000 mm <br />15 m <br />) +
4-5-angled +, cylindric +, angled +  and oblong +
fertile +  and bisexual +
B.C. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Yukon +, Alaska +  and Russian Far East (Chukotka) +
10–1300 m +
eglandular +  and glandular +
glabrous +  and densely tomentose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Moist to dry sites, arctic and alpine tundras, bogs, riverbanks, grassy slopes, willow thickets, spruce forests +
indeterminate +
glabrescent +  and tomentose +
each +  and sessile +
ovoid;campanulate or more or less turbinate +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
smaller +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
deltate +, usually narrowly triangular +  and more or less linear +
dentate +  and entire +
arachnoid +  and glabrous +
denticulate +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
inner +  and outer +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
persistent +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
papillate +  and smooth +
distinct +  and fused +
short-papillate +
oblong;linear +
Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. +
naked +  and epaleate +
convex;flat +
roughened +  and smooth +
exalbuminous +
subequal;strongly unequal +
ascending +  and arising +
appendaged +  and truncate +
dilated +  and swollen +
enlarged +
Serratula angustifolia +
Saussurea angustifolia var. angustifolia +
Saussurea angustifolia +
variety +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
expanded +  and slender +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
19 +, 18 +, 17 +, 16 +, 14 +  and 13 +