Published In:
Species Plantarum 2: 864. 1753. (1 May 1753) ( Sp. Pl.)   
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(Last Modified On 5/8/2022)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 1/17/2022)
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Contributor Text:
Roohi Abid, M. Qaiser & Rubina Abid
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Contributor Institution:
Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – Pakistan and Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi
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Synonym Text:
Erigeron alpinus L. var. uniflorus (L.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 256. 1881; Weibel in Candollea 16: 184. 1958; Erigeron patentisquama J. F. Jeffrey in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 55: 185. 1912; Chen Y. & Luc Brouillet in Wu, Z. Y. et al., Fl. China 640. 2011–2013.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: July–August.
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Type:
Syntypes: Lapponia et Helvetia, Herb. LINN. 994/23 (LINN).
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Distribution:
Circumpolar, throughout Europe and Asia.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
A common species of alpine regions, grows between 3000–4800 m in moraine, among rocks and well drained slopes.
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Map Location:
A–7 Chitral Distt.: Chamar Khan Pass, towards Mastuj, flowers white–blue–violet, ca 12500 ft. 1.7.1974, E. J. Ecker 8216 (RAW); A–8 Gilgit Distt.: above Rama, Gilgit agency, ± 10000', 12.8.1955, E. Nasir & G. L. Webster 6452 (RAW); Rama and above, alpine, 25.7.1946, R. R. & I. D. Stewart 21909, 22909 (RAW); Naltar Bala, erect perennial herb, up to ± 8 cm, white ray and yellow disc florets, ± 3700 m, common, 17.8.2005, Jan Alam & Sher Sultan Baig 3410 (KUH); Hunza Distt.: Naltar valley, 10–11000 ft., 5.8.1892, J. F. Duthie s.n. (K); Zangia Harar, Hunza valley, 14000 ft., on rock edges, 3.7.1939, R. Scott Russell 1001, 1030 (BM); Gharesa Glacier Base Camp, 13 miles East of Nagar, 15,580 ft., earthly ground, ablation valley, lateral moraine, 30.7.1960, O. Polunin 6144 (BM); B–7 Hazara Distt.: Uraknila, Kagan, Hazara, 25.7.1899, J. F. Duthie s.n. (K); Saran Range, Hazara, 4.9.1899, J. F. Duthie s.n. (K); Hazara, J. F. Duthie 21877 (K); Kagan valley, 14,400 ft. Inayat 19731 (K); B–8/9 Baltistan Distt.: Deosai, 13000 ft., Kashmir, 31.7.1876, C. B. Clarke 29809A (K); Black hole, Deosai, erect perennial herb, upto 6”, fls. brownish white, 19.8.2002, Jan Alam & Fazal Karim 1517 (KUH); Deosai, eligulate florets absent, 6.8.1955, E. Nasir & G. L. Webster 6387 (RAW); Baltistan, alpine region, 4150 m, 16.7.1962, Hans Hartman 1379 (RAW); Satpura La, Deosai side, ± 15000, 1.8.1940, R. R. Stewart 20201 (RAW); Dras valley, Baltistan, 11–12000 ft. 29.6.1892, J. F. Duthie 11654 (BM,K); Kashmir, Nubra, 15–18000 ft., 13.8.1848, T. Thomson s.n. (K); Burzila, Kashmir, 12000 ft., August 1, 1876, C. B. Clarke 29876 A (K); Between Gandarchish and Haigutum, 9000–13000 ft., W. M. Conway 197 (K); on or beside moraine of Samayar Glacier, between 10000–11150 ft., W. M. Conway 27 (K); Makerum, Hispar Glacier, 13500 ft., moist area on broken rocks, 2.8.1939, R. Scott Russell 1402, 1451 (BM); Yasin, Dharkot east side, alt. 12500 ft., on stony ground, fairly dry, pale–lilac flowers, 20.6.1976, S. Bowes Lyon 8126 (K); Apharwat, on marg on shoulder, 12000 ft., 30.8.1933, F. E. W. Venning s.n. (K); Munt Apharwat Kashmir, 13000 ft., R. R. Stewart 10320 (K); Sonamarg, Kashmir ± 12000 ft., R. R. Stewart 6896 (K); ibid, R. R. Stewart 9851 (K); Mount Kalohai, Kashmir, 14000 ft., R. R. Stewart 9424 (K); Kerolugma glacier, left bank, 12–13000 ft., oblation valley, 24.7.1939, R. Scott Russell 1300 (BM); Sokha glacier, R. bank, open areas, 21.8.1939, R. Scott Russell 1630, 1631, 1632 (BM); Baroghil Pass, 12,5000 ft., 23.7.1958, J. D. A. Stainton 2971 (BM); Pense–La Zanskar district, Jammu and Kashmir, 13700 ft., on sandy mountain pass, rocky, well drained slopes, 25.7.1981, Grace et al 154 (K); Bangar, Muzaffarabad district, J. F. Duthie 21873 (K).
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Perennial herbs. Stem solitary or few, (1–2) branched, erect–somewhat ascending, 3–10 (–15) cm tall, monocephalous, covered with appressed, long, crisped hairs. Leaves hirsute–pilose or ciliate, basal leaves in rosette, spathulate, 1–3 (–4.5) cm long (including petiole), 2–5 (–10) mm wide, obtuse, entire, cauline leaves lanceolate–oblanceolate, sessile, 1–2.5 cm long, 1–4 mm wide, acute, uppermost similar to lower ones, becoming gradually smaller. Capitula solitary, 1.5–2.5 (–3) cm across. Peduncle hirsute–villose or pilose, hairs appressed. Involucre 1–1.5 cm in diameter, covered with long, white or colourless hairs or ± hirsute, somewhat villose at base. Phyllaries 2–3–seriate, lanceolate–linear, acute, laxly recurved, purplish, outermost 5–6 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, middle ones 7–8 mm long, 0.75–1.2 mm wide, innermost 8–9.5 mm long, 0.5–0.75 mm wide. Ray florets ca 60, 5–7 mm long, corolla tube 2–2.5 mm long, hairy, ligule white – rosy or purple, 3–4.5 mm long, somewhat convoluted, forming a tube–like structure in dry condition. Female eligulate florets absent. Disc florets yellow, 3–4.5 mm long, tube 1–1.5 mm long, limb 1.5–3 mm long including 0.3–0.4 mm long lobes. Cypselas 2–3 mm long, oblong–lanceolate, brown, compressed, densely coverd with stiff hairs–setose, hilum basal. Outer bristles of pappus ca 0.5 mm long, inner ones 3.5–4 mm long, brownish, barbellate.
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