Published In:
The Flora of British India 3(8): 369. 1881. ( Fl. Brit. India)  
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(Last Modified On 5/20/2022)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 1/9/2021)
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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:
S. andryaloides var. caulescens Lipsch., Rod Saussurea 1. 1979.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: July‒September
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Type:
Syntypes: Western Tibet, Karakoram, 14,500', Falconer, (K); Kashmir, alt. 13000 ft, Clarke (K).
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Distribution:
Pakistan and India
S. falconeri Hook. f. is closely related to S. andryloides (DC.) Schultz‒Bip. and often treated as a synonym of the latter taxon. However, both the species are quite different. S. falconeri has a distinct upto 30 cm tall stem with discolourous leaves, phyllaries are pale below darkened above and purple corolla. Whereas in S. andryloides stem is almost absent, leaves are concolorous, phyllaries are purplish or reddish purple and corolla is purplish red. Moreover, the former species has a narrow distribution and restrictd to Pakistan and India whereas the latter is distributed in India, Pakistan and China.
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Map Location:
B-8/9 Astor, Kamri, R. R. Stewart 19901 (RAW); Chillam – S. Ochorp, 3350 – 3650 m, E. Nasir & Webster 6518 (RAW);Baltistan Dist.: 2 miles from main road on way to Bari La (Deosai), grows along with river bed, erect perennial herb, upto ± 12 inch tall, heads purple, ± 13600 m, common species, 29.8.2002, Jan Alam, Fazal Karim & Noor Kamal 1681 (KUH); Northern Areas, Above Hushe, 35° 30´-36´ N, 76° 12´-20´ E, alt. 4150 m, relatively humid subalpine/ lower alpine meadow rich in herbs and Graminae on West facing slopes, no grazing, vegetation record # 127-128, 11.8.1990, G. & S. Miehe 1929 (MSB); Babusar Pass, 35° 10´N, 74° E, alt. 4050 – 4100 m, relatively humid Cyperaceae mats, dominated by Carex and Kobresia spp. on alpine turf, 19.7.1990, G. & S. Miehe 447 (MSB); Northern Areas, Shinghai Gah to Pahot Gali, 35° 48´-55´ N, 74° 10´-17´ E. alt. 4180 m, relatively humid Cyperaceae mats, dominated by Carex and Kobresia spp. on alpine turf, 28.7.1990, G. & S. Miehe 998 (MSB); ibid, G. & S. Miehe 1583 (MSB); Deosai-Plateau, 35° 2´-5´N, 75° 20´-30´ E, Alpine Steppe, dominated by Gramineae and cushion-forming Astragalus spp. On alluvial terrace, vegetation record # 150, 13.8.1990, G. & S. Miehe 2166 (MSB); ibid, vegetation record # 143-144, 13.8.1990, G. & S. Miehe 2091 (MSB); Burzil, Mountain Peak, Kashmir, fls. rose purple, plants 8 inch high, Aug. 5, 1936, Walter Koelz 9412 (NY); Tilail, Kargeh Valley, 13000-14000 ft., 30.8.1893, J. F. Duthie 13912 (K); Tragbol Pass, alpine, Lvs. runcinate, 12000 ft., Aug. 7, 1819, R.R. & I.D.Stewart 4899 (RAW, K); Burji La, 13000 ft., Aug. 1876, C.B.Clarke 29926 (K); Above Minimarg, 10000 ft., 4.8.1946, R.R. Stewart 22131 (K, RAW); Deosai, Baltistan, ±14000 ft., 16.8.66, M.A.Siddiqi et al., 4194 (K, RAW); Baltistan, Deosai Lake, ca. 35° N'/75° 16' E, 4050 m, Flushes at the lake shore, 23.9.1995, G. & S. Miehe 951203 (MSB); C-9 Pense-La, Zanskar Dist., Kashmir, 13700 ft., sandy mountain pass, rocky, well-drained slopes, occasional, 27.7.81, M. Grace et al 155 (K); Rangdum, Zanskar, Kashmir, among rocks, alt. 15000 ft., Fls. blue-purple, Sept. 12, 1931, Walter Koelz 2916 (NY); Baltistan, Rimochagma Nullah, 13-14000 ft., 20.7.92, J.F. Duthie 12154 (K); Mir (Pir) Panzil Pass, above Burzil Chowki, 13000-14000 ft., 28.7.1940, R.R. Stewart 19994a (MICH).
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Plants perennial, erect, upto 30 cm tall. Stem stout, cottony or woolly, sulcate, slender, thickly covered with blackish remains of old petioles at the base. Leaves mostly rosulate, 15–20 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, including winged petiole, linear-elongate, irregularly distantly lobed; lobes triangular, recurved, acute, uppermost leaves sessile, linear, (3–) 5–7 cm long, 0.3-0.5 cm wide, exceeding the involucre. Capitula monocephalous, solitary, terminal, ca 2.5 cm in diameter. Involucre broadly campanulate. Phyllaries multiseriate, imbricate, lanceolate, outer and middle 15–16 mm long, 3–6 mm wide, ovate – lanceolate, pale below, darkened above, subacute – obtuse; inner ones 19–20 mm long, 2 – 2.5 mm broad, lanceolate, acute. Corolla purple, ca 18 mm long, tube ca 9 mm long, limb almost equalling the tube, lobes 3-4 mm long. Receptacular bristles smaller than the cypselas. Anthers caudate, small, tails woolly. Pappus 16– 17 mm long, brownish, feathery, persistant.
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