Native to Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Primorye, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yakutiya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Boufford, D 43652

May 10, 2014

Location

China, Sichuan, Ngawa (Li, Li County)

31.345, 102.845556

Location Remarks

Li Xian. Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture; between Xiayingshan village and Xiangzhai on road to Liantaigou E of Huatizi. Mixed forest of Tsuga, Betula, Acer, Viburnum, Rhododendron on rocky slopes and along stream in dark, rich, moist soil. 2985 m elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Yun-Dong Gao, Qiuyun (Jenny) Xiang

Notes

Stony, grassy area between road and stream. Flowers opening only in full sun; sepals green; corolla blue, pale blue in throat, with deep purple longitudinal veins; anthers yellow; stigma yellow.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Gentianaceae

Genus

Gentiana

Specific Epithet

squarrosa

Authorship

Ledeb.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#182,680 of 335,497

Top 55%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →