Difference between revisions of "Saussurea angustifolia var. angustifolia"

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Plants 10–40(–50) cm. Stems usually simple, ± thinly arachnoid. Leaves mostly 2–8 mm wide; basal blades linear or narrowly elliptic, margins entire or denticulate, glabrous or abaxially thinly arachnoid; cauline linear or oblong, crowded or well separated, usually not surpassing heads. Heads crowded or in ± open arrays. Phyllaries unequal in 3–5 series; outer usually 1.5–2 times longer than wide. 2n = 26, 52.

Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Moist to dry sites, arctic and alpine tundras, bogs, riverbanks, grassy slopes, willow thickets, spruce forests
Elevation: 10–1300 m

B.C., N.W.T., Nunavut, Yukon, Alaska, Russian Far East (Chukotka).

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Lower Taxa