Cyananthus incanus, D. Boufford 44022--China. Sichuan. Daocheng Xian. 14 Aug 2017. DSC05676 (228).JPG
Native to China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Sichuan, Daocheng Xian.
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
On slope in moist sandy-gravelly soil. Corolla bluish purple, base of corolla tube pale yellow; stigma yellow.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Cyananthus
Specific Epithet
incanus
Authorship
Hook.f. & Thomson
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.7
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
#232,803 of 335,497
Top 70%
Extinction probability
9%
