Saussurea angustifolia var. viscida

(Hultén) S. L. Welsh

Great Basin Naturalist 28: 152. 1968.

Common names: Sticky saw-wort
Basionym: Saussurea viscida Hultén Fl. Alaska Yukon 10: 1627, fig. 6c. 1950
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 167. Mentioned on page 166.

Plants 5–15 cm. Stems simple, lightly arachnoid and villous with viscid hairs. Leaves often wider than 8 mm; basal lanceolate to elliptic, margins denticulate, arachnoid throughout or viscid-villous on margins and abaxially on midvein; cauline leaves narrower, crowded, usually surpassing heads. Heads crowded. Phyllaries unequal in 2–3 series; outer phyllaries usually 2–4 times longer than wide. 2n = unknown.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Tundra, insular and coastal regions
Elevation: 10–100 m

Distribution

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Alaska, Russian Far East (Chukotka).

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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