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Contributor Text: Abdul Ghafoor, M. Qaiser & Roohi Abid

Contributor Institution: Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – PAKISTAN

Synonym Text:

Saussurea kuschakewiczii C. Winkl., Trudy Imp. St.-Petersburg. Bot. Sada 11 (1): 170. 1889; Pavlov, Fl. Kazakh. 9: 274. Tab. 30, Fig. 6. 1966; Rech. f., Fl. Iran. Comp. III. Cynareae 139a: 169. Tab. 162. 1979; Rasulova, Fl. Tadjik. 10: 153. 1991; Shen in Zhi, Fl. Xinjiang 5: 275. 1999; S. alpina var. kuschakewiczii C. Winkler ex O. Fedtsch., Acta Horti Petrop. 21 (3): 358. 1903; S. ovata auct. non Benth. in Henderson & Hume, Lahore to Yarkand 325. 1873: Lipsch., Rod Saussurea 120. Pl. 19 (as S. ovata). 1979.

Flower/Fruit:

Fl. Per.: August – September Vern.: Reeshaw

Type:

Type: Pakistan, Karakorum Mts., Biafo, 14,000 ft., 12. 8. 1876, C. B. Clarke, 30444 (holo. K 372745).

Distribution:

Pakistan (Chitral, Northern Areas, Kashmir), Tajikistan (E. Pamir), Kyrgizistan (Central Tian Shan), Kazakhistan (Alatau), China (W Sinkiang).

Comment/Acknowledgements:

All parts except roots are used for treatment of vomiting especially in children and also used for cuts and bruises.

Grows on subhumid sparsely vegetated, dry alpine habitats, rocky slope, ledges, grasslands and meadows, rocky and scree slopes amidst rocks between 2500 to 4500 m

Map Location:

A-7 Chitral Dist.: Utak An W of Chitral, 14,000 ft. on road ledges, J.D.A. Stainton 3232 (BM); Tirich Mir Camp 2 near Barum Glacier, 4500 m, Wendelbo s.n. (O); Chitral, Barum Gol: Camp 2, by Barum Gol Glacier, ca 4500 m, 27.7.1950, Per Wendelbo s.n. (O); Northern Areas: Karakorum[Yasin], Jud Bar, 4290 m, 16. 9.1991, G. & S. Miehe 7031 (GOET); Pakistan: Ishkuman, ‘Deux versants de l’Ishkoman Aghost’ 4210 – 4540 m,15-16. 8. 1954, F. Schmid 2468 (RAW); A-8 Hunza, Karakorum, Batura Valley, Lower part of Wartorn valley, 1 km E of Shelim Maidan, 36º 33ʹ N, 74º 45ʹ E, mixed herbaceous vegetation, expos. SWS, 4200 m, E. Eberhardt 1754 (MSB); Batura, Yandperth ridge, 2 km NW of Guchism, 36˚ 33ˊ N, 74˚ 45ˊ E, gelifluction adapted upper alpine open forb community, ESE exposure, Vegetation record # 72, 01. 08. 1994, E. Eberhardt 2242 (MSB); Batura valley, Yangeyar, 36˚ 33ˊ N, 74˚ 45ˊ E, 4400 m, soil debris, 15. 8. 2000, E. Eberhaldt 9473 (MSB); Hunza, Zogeplathk area, 3 km WSW of Wudmur, 36° 33' N, 74° 45' E, 4150 – 4250 m, debris pioneer vegetation, Expos. W, 25.7. 1994, E. Eberhardt 1906 (MSB); Batura, Bostank Nala near Gichism, 36º 33ʹ N, 74º 45ʹ E, 4325 m, Potentilla sp. Dominated alpine forb community on debris, expos. WSW, veg. Record # 125, 11.8.1994, E. Eberhardt 3077 (MSB); Hunza, Shaujerav Valley, Gander area, 36⁰ 36′ N, 74˚ 47ˊ E, alt.. 4030 m, 10. 7. 2000, E. Eberhardt 8044 (MSB); Batura valley, 1 mm NE of Kukil, 36˚ 33ˊ N, 74˚ 45ˊ E, alt. 4020 m, debris, 9. 9. 1994, E. Eberhardt 4897 (MSB); Northern Areas, Hunza, Mulungi-Hel, Sost, alt. 3900 m, sunny & stony place, small perennial herb, upto 4 cm tall, florets dark violet, rare, 8.8. 2001, Jan Alam and Jawed 246 (KUH); Karakorum, Batura, upper Wartorn valley, 5 km NWN of Shelim Maidan, 36º 33ʹ N, 74º 45ʹ E, alt. 4500 – 4590 m, mixed herbaceous vegetation, 03.09. 1994, E. Eberhardt 4460 (MSB); ibid, Zogeplathk area, 3 km WSW of Wudumur, 36˚ 33ˊ N, 74˚ 45ˊ E, alt. 4150 – 4250 m, debris pioneer vegetation, 25. 7. 1994, E. Eberhardt 1919 (MSB); Batura, 1 km N of Guchism, 36˚ 33ˊ N, 74˚ 45ˊ E, alt. 4100 – 4400 m, 30. 7. 1994, E.. Eberhardt 2086 (MSB); Hunza, 1 km NE of Guchism, 36˚ 33ˊ N, 74˚ 33ˊ E, habitat Rosa salsoviana dominated dwarf shrub community rich in forbs, South exposure, vegetation record # 68, 31.7.1994, E.Eberhardt 2131 (MSB); NE Hunza, Batura area, Bostank Nala near Guchism, 36˚ 33ˊ N, 74˚ 45ˊ E, 4050 – 4100 m, debris, WCW exposure, 11. 8. 1994, E.Eberhardt 3053 (MSB); Lupghar valley, Western Lupghar village,, in the slope, 36˚ 45ˊ N, 74˚ 35ˊ E, 3970 m, 5.8. 2000, E. Eberhardt 8908 (MSB); Hunza, Batura Valley, Qubakuk between Fatimahel and Kukil, 36˚ 34ˊ N, 74˚ 40ˊ E, alt. 3450 –3600 m, , 10. 7. 1998, E. Eberhardt 98-215 (MSB); Karakorum, Chupursan Valley, upper kundahal valley, upwards in mud flow area, left side, 36˚ 4ˊ N, 74˚ 42ˊ E, easily moving limestone debris, alt. 3840 m, 24.6. 2000, E. Eberhardt 7162 (MSB); Batura, Upper Hunza, Khaibar/upper Hunza, 36˚ 35ˊ N, 74˚ 43ˊ E, 3800 m, upper montane Seriphidium maritimum (= Artemisia maritima) steppe with Juniperus macropoda trees, 20. 8. 1990, G. & S. Miehe 2586 (MSB, GOET); A-9 Ladakh, Singi La, am weg von Lamayaru nach Padum, 5000 m, schutthang,1. 9. 1979, A. Bruhn s. n. (MSB); Ladakh, Bragnag, 1931, Walter Koelz A 67 (RAW); A-10 Zanskar, 1 km from Kangi, 12,900 ft., A. R. Brown & M. A. Rothera 70 (K); Haluma Pass, 14,000 ft., J.D.A. Stainton 8422 (BM); Bragnag, Ladak, 1931, Walter Koelz A62 (RAW,NY); B-8 Masherbrum Region, Dum Sum, 2 days N of Hushe, 10,000 ft., 1982, F. G. Davies s.n. (K).

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Perennial, thinly appressed arachnoid-floccose, pale globoid glandulose herb, with 5 – 10(-20) cm tall erect or ascending, ± terete, laxly leafy, stems originating from long, creeping, little branched, thin rhizomes covered with previous petiolar growths remains. Roots thin, fasciculate. Leaves 1 – 4.5 cm long, on narrowly winged petiole, membranous to slightly coriaceous, lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, 1.5 – 7 cm long, (0.5–) 1 – 3 cm wide, veins and veinlets obscure, greyish cobwebby floccose and gland dotted on both sides but more so beneath, somewhat discolorous, basally cuneate to ± truncate, shallowly denticulate on margins, teeth 4 – 10 pairs and with dark mucronate, apices triangular apiculate – acuminate. Capitula subsessile or shortly pedunculate, usually 2 – 10 together in dense or loose terminal corymb, subtended by 2 – 3, bract-like leaves, ca 15-flowered. Involucre obconical or narrowly campanulate, 14 – 18 mm long, 8 – 13 mm wide, subobtuse at the base, cobwebby tomentose. Phyllaries 3 – 4-seriate, imbricate, pale-green and purple tinged especially on margins and apices, arachnoid hairy to glabrescent; outer phyllaries triangular-ovate, ca 3 mm wide, acuminate; median narrowly ovate-elliptic to oblongish, ca 2.5 mm wide, ± acute; inner ones oblong-linear, acute. Corolla mauve or reddish purple, 12 – 16 mm long, tube almost as long as limb minutely glandulose, limb with 4 – 5 mm long lobes. Anther tube reddish-blue, anthers with fimbriate basal appendages. Cypselas pale-brown, somewhat compressed, 3.5 – 5 mm long, beset with minute, pale, globose glands, 3 – 6-ridged, furrows darker. Pappus biseriate, outer bristles white, scabrid, ca 3 mm long, deciduous, inner bristles 10 – 14 mm long, basally fused, persistent, brownish below, white above, long-feathery.