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ClassificationAsteraceae: Saussurea
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00126127
CollectorT. N. Ho, B. Bartholomew, M. F. Watson & M. G. Gilbert
Collector number2132
CountryChina
StateQinghai
GeographyAsia: East Asia (Region): China: Qinghai: Yushu
LocalityYushu Xian: SW of Machang, in a side valley on S side the Baitang He basin. 4000 m; 32°50'N, 96°54'E
Georeference32.8333333, 96.9 Method: Unknown
Date Collected1996-08-20
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/c402de5d-b05f-4618-ad04-80f3112da966
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00126127
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Saussurea eopygmaea Handel-Mazzetti
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Saussurea graminea Dunn
Determined byE. v. Raab-Straube
Date Determined2009-01-30
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
RemarksHeavily grazed valley; bottom with very short meadow, much disturbed, most plants collected from slopes with steep rock outcrops and low bushland. Tussock froming perennial to 30 cm in shade, mostly much shorter; vegetative leaves bright green; scape suffused pinkish; involucral bracts pinkish with purple-black tip; corolla purple, soon fading to pink; anther tube cream; stigma pink. Growing on rock outcrops in sun and shade