Published In:
Linnaea 19: 331. 1847[1846]. (Jul 1846) ( Linnaea)
(Last Modified On 5/20/2022)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 1/8/2021)
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Contributor Text:
Abdul Ghafoor, M. Qaiser & Roohi Abid
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Contributor Institution:
Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – PAKISTAN
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Synonym Text:
Aplotaxis andryaloides DC., Prodr. 6 542. 1838; Saussurea crassicaulis C.B. Clarke ex Pamp., Fl. Caracorum (Sped. Ital. De Filippi Himal. etc. 1913-14, Ser. II. x.). 218
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: July-October
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Type:
Isotype: N.W.India, J.F.Royle s.n. (K000372710) (pasted with K000372709, K000372710, K000372711)
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Distribution:
China (Sinkiang, Tibet and Qinghai) Pakistan (Baltistan, Kashmir) and NW India
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
Grows in sandy mountain passes along streams, on screes and rocky well-drained slopes of subalpine and alpine zone from 4000 to 4600 m.
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Map Location:
A-8 Gilgit Dist.:Taterkhachi, Khaltarow, ± 4000 m, fls., blue, rare, 04.08.07, Sher Wali Khan 978 (KUH); Shimshal valley on way to Shujarab, c. 10 cm from lake, on dry sandy stony place, c. 4000 m, prostrate perennial herb, upto 5 cm tall, flowers blue, common, 20.7.2009, S. Wali Khan 1163 (KUH); B-8 Baltistan Dist.: Thanle La to Bagmaharil (NE of Skardo & Shigar), 30 August 1856, Schlagintweit Cat. No. 5948 (M); Pakistan, Northern Areas, NW Himalayas, Chilas/Diamir-Hazara, Babusar Pass, Ridge NE of Pass, 4170 – 4250 m, 35° 8' N, 74° 2' E, alpine dry turf, dwarf scrub, moist places among boulders and rocks, 9.9.1995, B. Dickoré 12872 (MSB); B-8 Baltistan, Mountain Peak Lal Pir, 13500 ft., 2 in. high, stamens blue Purple, August 10, 1936, Walter Koelz 9550 (NY); B-9 Kashmir, between Da and Hanle, Rupshu, along streams, alt. 16000 ft., grows in patches; fls. deep purple-blue, fragrant, July 12, 1931, Walter Koelz 2280 (L, RAW, NY); Jammu & Kashmir, Khardong La, Leh, Ladakh, scree, 4800 m, 07 August 1941, F. Ludlow & G. Sheriff 8536 (UPS); Marpo La, Kashmir, near top, 15000 ft., Fls. dark blue, 9.8.1946, R.R.Stewart 22276 (RAW, K); Tilail, Kargeh Valley, 13000-14000 ft., 30.8.1893, J. F. Duthie 13912 (K); Baltistan, Deosai Plain, 3900 m, alpine meadow, 27.8.1993, U. Schickhoff 1950 (MSB).
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Perennial, 2 – 6 cm tall herb, almost stemless or with short erect, densely tomentose stem. Rootstock simple or branched, with petiolar remains of previous years. Leaves in rosette, on upto 2 cm long petioles, broadly linear to narrowly ovate‒elliptic, 2 – 8.5 cm long, (0.3‒) 0.5 – 2.0 cm wide, lyrate to runcinate, shallowly pinnatifid to ± pinnatipartite or simple with sinuate‒dentate margins, more or less concolorous, grayish-green to grayish white, densely arachnoid hairy adaxially, lateral lobes 2-5 pairs, triangular, apically acute-acuminate, terminal lobes narrowly triangular, acuminate to caudate. Capitula solitary, in centre of leaf rosette or at apices of stem. Involucre campanulate, 1 – 2 cm in diameter. Phyllaries 3‒6‒seriate, purplish or reddish-purple, sparsely to densely hairy, acuminate, outermost narrowly ovate-triangular, 11 – 12 mm long, 3 – 4 mm wide, median phyllaries narrowly ovate-elliptic, 12 – 17 mm long, 3 – 4 mm wide, innermost narrowly oblong-elliptic, 15 – 20 mm long, 1.5 – 3 mm wide. Corolla purplish-red, 9 – 18 mm long, tube 5 – 12 mm long, limb 4 – 6 mm long. Cypselas brown, cylindric, 2.5 – 4 mm long, ribbed, glabrous. Pappus pale-brown, outer bristles to 4 mm long, scabrid, inner bristles 14 – 15 mm long.
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