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Lagotis glauca
Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 534, plate 18, fig. 2. 1770.
Illustrated
Perennials 6–35 cm; rhizomes short, stout. Stems 1 or 2(or 3), unbranched, fleshy. Leaves: basal long-petiolate; cauline short-petiolate or sessile. Spikes capitate to cylindric, 15–77 mm, elongating in fruit to 4–14 cm; bracts enlarging post anthesis. Flowers: calyx lobe margins entire or ciliate; style exserted.
Distribution
N.W.T., Yukon, Alaska, Asia (Russian Far East, Siberia).
Discussion
Subspecies 3 (2 in the flora).
Subspecies minor (Willdenow) Hultén occurs in Eurasia.
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Basal leaf blades broadly obovate-oblanceolate, apices rounded or obtuse, sometimes subacute, margins crenate-dentate; filaments to 1.5 mm. | Lagotis glauca subsp. glauca |
| 1 | Basal leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate, apices obtuse or subacute, sometimes acute, margins entire or dentate to serrate; filaments 2+ mm. | Lagotis glauca subsp. lanceolata |