Saussurea paleacea, D. Boufford 44014--China. Sichuan. Daocheng Xian. 14 Aug 2017. DSC05676 (186).JPG
Endemic to Tibet (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Sichuan, Daocheng Xian. (Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Daocheng County)
29.347778, 100.112778
Location Remarks
Road (Highway S217) from Litang to Sandui Xiang, north-northeast of Sandui; Haizi Shan. Glacial boulder-strewn area with rivulets, small ponds and wet depressions; vegetation dwarf (ca. 0.5 m tall) Salix and Rhododendron and gravelly openings. Granite bedrock. 4380 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Hui Ll, Tao Yang
Notes
In moist, sandy-gravelly soil between shrubs. Only a single flowering individual found. Florets purple, becoming lighter below middle; anther tube purple; stigmas purple. There is some question about this name.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Saussurea
Specific Epithet
paleacea
Authorship
Y.L.Chen & S.Yun Liang
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#241,817 of 335,497
Top 73%
Extinction probability
39%
