Home Flora of Pakistan
Home
Name Search
Families
Genera
Species
District Map
Grid Map
Inventory Project
Gnaphalium stewartii C.B. Clarke ex Hook. f. Search in The Plant ListSearch in IPNISearch in Australian Plant Name IndexSearch in NYBG Virtual HerbariumSearch in Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleSearch in Type Specimen Register of the U.S. National HerbariumSearch in Virtual Herbaria AustriaSearch in JSTOR Plant ScienceSearch in SEINetSearch in African Plants Database at Geneva Botanical GardenAfrican Plants, Senckenberg Photo GallerySearch in Flora do Brasil 2020Search in Reflora - Virtual HerbariumSearch in Living Collections Decrease font Increase font Restore font
 

Published In: The Flora of British India 3(8): 289. 1881. (Fl. Brit. India) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl.Per.: July-September.
Type: Syntypes: Western Himalaya, Kashmir alt. 10000 ft, J. L. Stewart (K!); Western Tibet, Aitchison (K!), Karakorum alt. 13000 ft, C. B. Clarke (K).
Habitat: Commonly grows in alpine meadows between boulders, slopes and moist areas in between 2200-4200 m.
Distribution: Distribution: Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, India and China.
Map Location: A-7 Chitral Dist.: Zapotili, c. 3700 m above, 9.7.1950, Wendelbo 64 (BM); Sholsar Shal, ca. 3500 m above, 25.6.1950, Wendelbo s.n. (BM); S. Barum Glacier, 12000 ft, subalpine zone, I. I. Chaudhri 40 (RAW); Gilgit Dist.: Ninapin Glacier, North-facing slope, intensively grazed, 11,500 ft, 7.8.61, Llyod & Megan 44 (BM); A-8 Gilgit Dist.: Naltar, 10,000', Sept. 1960, D. McVean s.n. (E); ibid, 11-12000 ft, 4.8.92, J. F. Duthie 12,371 (BM, E, K); Above Rama near lake, E. Nasir & G. L. Webster 6453 (RAW); B-6 Chitral Dist.: Tingeret Gol, W. of Drosh, 12000 ft, on dry slopes, infl. brown, 3.9.58, J. D. A. Stainton 3202 (BM); Drosh (Darbari gol), Main slopes among Polygonum, 35o33'N, 71o48E, 12000 alt, 2.8.58, S. A. Bowes Lyon, 206 (BM); B-7 Hazara Dist: Prov. de la Frontier N-O exursion de Gittidas au-Katawai, alt. 4100 m, 15.08.1953, R. R. Stewart 447, 206 (BM); upper Kaghan, alpine, R. R. Stewart 154 (RAW); ibid, 9500 ft, Inayat 19742 (RAW); B-8 Gilgit Dist.: Nanga Parbat, Northeastern slopes near Rama, growing between boulders on slopes above Glacial lake, alt. c. 11000 ft, head greyish, brown, G. L. Webster & E. Nasir 6453 (K); Kashmir Prov. Apharwat, Kashmir, 13000 ft., 23 Aug. 1919, H. H. Rich 1289 (K); ibid, 14,000', July 1934, Mohindar Nath 441 (KUH); Gulmarg, grazed pasture, above Khelanmarg c. 11,500 ft, 30.5.1971, N. K. B. Robson 1927 (BM); ibid, 11.6.1940, P. M. Pinfold 116 (BM); ibid, 11000 ft, Mohindar Nath 442 (RAW); Sonamarg, common on alpine pasture, 10,000 ft, 14.08.1921, R. R. Stewart 6661 (K); Srinagar, above Gulmarg, Khillanmarg plateau, pastures, 9.7.1978, C. R.Lancaster 1 (BM); Khillanmarg above Gulmarg, 10000 ft., Aug 1877, Aitchison s.n. (K); Kaghan, 26.6.1953, 700 ft, S. M. A. Kazmi s.n. (KUH); Kaghan valley, 9500 ft, Inayt 19742 (K); Pangtarin to Thanin Cashmere, A. P. Young s.n. (BM); Kishensar Lake, 12-300 ft, scree slopes, 4.9.1956, O. Polunin 56/661 (BM); Zoji Pass to Matayan, ± 11000 ft, R. R. Stewart 7572 (RAW); Kashmir, common on alpine meadows from 10-13000 ft, R. R. Stewart 23,143a (K); Tragbol Pass, Kashmir alpine meadows common, 12000 ft, R. R. Stewart 4891 (K); B-9 Baltistan Dist: Masjid valley, 12-13000 ft, 27.7.93, J. R. Duthie 13210 (BM, E, K); Thalle La, Baltistan, 15-16000 ft, R. R. Stewart 20761 (RAW); Karakorum Dist: Yengusta Glacier South of Hispar village, grassy places, 13,000 ft, 23.8.1960, O. Polunin 6379 (BM, E); Sokha Glacier, left bank, Oblation valley, 13,000 ft, 22.8.1939, R Scott Russell 1659 (BM).

 

Export To PDF Export To Word
Perennial, caespitose herbs. Flowering stems 1-3 (-8) cm, densely floccose-tomentose. Leaves radical in a basal rosette, linear oblanceolate, 15-30 (-40) x 1.5-3 mm, acute, densely white tomentose on the lower surface, less on the upper surface. Capitula 3-10 in narrow spike, 2-3 mm across, campanulate. Phyllaries 2-3 seriate, ovate, 4-5 x 0.5-1.5 mm, acute, pale brownish-dark brownish at the upper end, whitish towards the lower end. Female florets many, filiform, disc florets 5-8, tubular, bisexual. Corolla of female florets 3-4 mm long, 3-lobed; those of bisexual florets 5-lobed. Cypselas 1-1.5 mm long, brown, sparsely covered with fine pointed hairs.
 
 
 
© 2024 Missouri Botanical Garden - 4344 Shaw Boulevard - Saint Louis, Missouri 63110