Saussurea subulisquama Hand.-Mazz. belongs to the Asteraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Saussurea subulisquama, D. Boufford 44035--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (188).JPG
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Saussurea
Specific Epithet
subulisquama
Authorship
Hand.-Mazz.
8/15/2017
Location
China, Sichuan, Litang Xian.
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 LI, Tao YANG
Notes
On exposed coarse gravel among herbs and shrubs. Involucral bracts purple; florets purple; anther tube light purple; stigmas purple.
