Saussurea angustifolia var. yukonensis

A. E. Porsild

Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 101: 28. 1945.

Endemic
Synonyms: Saussurea angustifolia subsp. yukonensis (A. E. Porsild) W. J. Cody Saussurea viscida var. yukonensis (A. E. Porsild) Hultén
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 167. Mentioned on page 166.
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Plants 3–14 cm. Stems simple, lightly arachnoid. Leaves often wider than 8 mm; basal lanceolate to elliptic, margins denticulate, arachnoid throughout; cauline narrower, crowded, usually surpassing heads. Heads crowded. Phyllaries unequal in 3–5 series; outer usually 2–4 times longer than wide.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Usually dry sites, arctic and alpine tundras
Elevation: 10–1300 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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"fine" is not a number."narrower" is not a number.

purplish +, tinged dark +  and dark green +
tomentose +  and pilose +
short-tailed +
darker purple +
not +  and appendaged +
entire +  and not spine-tipped +
glandular +  and glabrous +
scarious +
corymbiform +, crowded +  and open +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
David J. Keil +
A. E. Porsild +
lanceolate;elliptic +
Serratula alpina var. angustifolia +
compound +  and simple +
elliptic +  and linear to narrowly +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
dentate to pinnately lobed +  and entire +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
10-nerved or 20-nerved +  and rugose +
actinomorphic +
white +  and blue or purple +
1,100 cm11,000 mm <br />11 m <br /> (1,500 cm15,000 mm <br />15 m <br />) +
4-5-angled +, cylindric +, angled +  and oblong +
fertile +  and bisexual +
N.W.T. +, Yukon +  and Alaska. +
10–1300 m +
eglandular +  and glandular +
glabrous +  and densely tomentose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Usually dry sites, arctic and alpine tundras +
indeterminate +
glabrescent +  and tomentose +
each +  and sessile +
ovoid;campanulate or more or less turbinate +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
smaller +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (?) +
deltate +, usually narrowly triangular +  and more or less linear +
dentate +  and entire +
denticulate +
2-carpellate +
inner +  and outer +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
persistent +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
papillate +  and smooth +
distinct +  and fused +
short-papillate +
oblong;linear +
Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada +
naked +  and epaleate +
convex;flat +
roughened +  and smooth +
exalbuminous +
subequal;strongly unequal +
ascending +  and arising +
appendaged +  and truncate +
dilated +  and swollen +
enlarged +
Saussurea angustifolia subsp. yukonensis +  and Saussurea viscida var. yukonensis +
Saussurea angustifolia var. yukonensis +
Saussurea angustifolia +
variety +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
expanded +  and slender +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
19 +, 18 +, 17 +, 16 +, 14 +  and 13 +