Difference between revisions of "Saussurea americana D. C. Eaton (Q3038) "

taxon name

Saussurea americana

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taxon authority

D.C. Eaton

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

saussurée d'Amérique (French)

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American sawwort (English)

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American saw-wort (English)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

3397

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distribution

CA-BC

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

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publication

Klinkenberg, B. (ed.). 2010+. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia. Lab. for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. http://www.eflora.bc.ca http://www.eflora.bc.ca/

CA-AB

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

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publication

Moss, E.H. 1983. Flora of Alberta. 2nd edition, revised by J.G. Packer. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 687 pp.

CA-YT

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

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publication

Cody, W.J. 2000. Flora of the Yukon Territory. 2nd ed. National Research Press, Ottawa. 669 pp.

CA-AB

Alta.

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CA-BC

B.C.

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CA-YT

Yukon

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US-AK

Alaska

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US-CA

Calif.

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US-ID

Idaho

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US-MT

Mont.

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US-OR

Oreg.

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US-WA

Wash.

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parent taxon

Saussurea de Candolle

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taxon habit

herb

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GBIF taxon key

5404527

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

phenology

Flowering Jul–Aug.

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taxon habitat

moist canyons

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meadows

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streamsides

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montane forests

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elevation

1000–2600 m

measurement range from

1,000 meter

measurement range to

2,600 meter

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special status

F

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E

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taxon description fragment

Plants 30–120+ cm;

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d0_s0

rootstocks short, stout;

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d0_s1

herbage loosely tomentose when young, glabrescent, sometimes ± glandular.

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d0_s2

Stems 1–many, leafy, simple or with ascending branches.

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d0_s3

Leaves cauline, usually more than 20, well distributed, proximal and mid with winged petioles to 6 cm, wings sometimes decurrent 1–2 cm on stems, blades lanceolate to triangular-ovate, 5–15 cm, bases cordate to truncate or tapering, margins sharply dentate, apices acute;

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d0_s4

mid and distal usually sessile, smaller, narrower, bases tapering.

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d0_s5

Heads 5–30+ in tight to open corymbiform arrays;

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d0_s6

(peduncles 0–5 cm).

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d0_s7

Involucres 10–15 mm.

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d0_s8

Phyllaries in ca. 5 series, strongly unequal, outer ± ovate, inner lanceolate, abaxial faces pale green, distally dark purplish to nearly black, loosely tomentose.

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d0_s9

Receptacles naked.

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d0_s10

Florets 8–21;

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d0_s11

corollas usually pale lavender-blue to dark purple (rarely white), 11–13 mm;

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d0_s12

tubes 5–6.5 mm, throats 1.5–2 mm, lobes 3.5–4 mm.

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d0_s13

Cypselae 4–6 mm;

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d0_s14

pappus bristles brownish, outer 3–7 mm, inner 9–10 mm.

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d0_s15

morphology statement

whole organism

30

120

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d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

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d0_s0

1

many

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d0_s3

leafy

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d0_s3

simple

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d0_s3

with ascending branches

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d0_s3

inflorescence branch

orientation

ascending

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d0_s3

cauline

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d0_s4

20

?

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d0_s4

arrangement

distributed

well

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d0_s4

proximal

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d0_s4

mid

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d0_s4

leaf petiole

winged

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d0_s4

leaf petiole

0

6

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d0_s4

leaf blade

lanceolate

triangular-ovate

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d0_s4

leaf blade

5

15

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d0_s4

inflorescence phyllaries base

cordate

truncate or tapering

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d0_s4

inflorescence palea margin

dentate

sharply

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d0_s4

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

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d0_s4

sessile

usually

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d0_s5

smaller

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d0_s5

width

narrower

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d0_s5

inflorescence phyllaries base

tapering

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d0_s5

inflorescence involucre

10

15

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d0_s8

inflorescence phyllary

unequal

strongly

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d0_s9

inflorescence phyllary

ovate

more or less

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d0_s9

inflorescence phyllary

lanceolate

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d0_s9

leaf face

pale green

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d0_s9

leaf face

distally dark purplish

nearly black

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d0_s9

leaf face

tomentose

loosely

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d0_s9

inflorescence flower corolla

usually pale lavender-blue

dark purple

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower corolla

11

13

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower corolla tube

5

6.5

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower perianth throat

1.5

2

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower corolla lobe

3.5

4

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d0_s13

brownish

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d0_s15

outer

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d0_s15

3

7

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d0_s15

inner

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d0_s15

9

10

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d0_s15

root rootstock

height

length

short

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d0_s1

root rootstock

fragility

stout

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d0_s1

whole organism herbage

tomentose

when young

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d0_s2

whole organism herbage

glabrescent

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d0_s2

whole organism herbage

function

glandular

sometimes more or less

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d0_s2

inflorescence flower petal venation midvein wing

decurrent

sometimes

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d0_s4

inflorescence flower petal venation midvein wing

1

2

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d0_s4

general structure bundle array

arrangement

density

tight

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d0_s6

general structure bundle array

open

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d0_s6

general structure bundle array

corymbiform

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d0_s6

general structure head

5

30

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d0_s7

general structure receptacle

naked

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower disc floret

8

21

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d0_s11

fruit cypsela

4

6

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