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.
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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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