Saussurea subulisquama, D. Boufford 44035--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (188).JPG
Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, Qinghai (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Sichuan, Litang Xian. (Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Litang County)
30.181111, 99.978056
Location Remarks
Ca. 40 km west of Litang on road (Highway G318) from Litang to Batang. Mountains with coarse sand slopes on north side of highway, heavily grazed meadows, thickets of dwarf Rhododendron (mostly <1 m tall, but some plants to 1.5 m), Caragana, Salix and Lonicera thickets and coarse, granitic sand scree slopes. 4100-4400 m.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Hui Ll, Tao Yang
Notes
On exposed coarse gravel among herbs and shrubs. Involucral bracts purple; florets purple; anther tube light purple; stigmas purple.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Saussurea
Specific Epithet
subulisquama
Authorship
Hand.-Mazz.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#322,937 of 335,497
Top 97%
Extinction probability
11%
