Tephroseris tundricola

Perennials, 5–15 cm (unevenly floccose-tomentose to glabrate, especially distal stems, adaxial leaf faces, and phyllaries; rhizomes weakly spreading or suberect). Stems single or loosely clustered. Leaves basal and cauline; petioles weakly winged (passing into blades); blades ovate to lanceolate, 3–5 × 0.5–1.5 cm, margins subentire to denticulate (cauline narrower, sessile, bractlike). Heads 1 (–4). Involucres ± abruptly contracted to peduncles. Phyllaries usually 21, green (tips sometimes purplish), 6–8 mm. Ray-florets usually 13; corolla laminae 9–12 mm. Disc-florets 30–50+; corollas yellow. Cypselae pubescent; pappi white. 2n = 48.

Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Protected sites on talus and ridges
Elevation: 0–300 m

Alaskaw, ne Asia (Russia)

Discussion

In the flora area, Tephroseris tundricola is known only from the Bering Strait region. It is similar to T. lindstroemii; the two are treated in the same species in contemporary Russian floristic studies. Our plants are separable by the characters given in the key.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa