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Saussurea porphyroleuca Handel-Mazzetti
Determined by: Kazumi Fujikawa, February 2008
FOC
Sichuan: Rangtang (Zamtang) Xian. N of the city of Rangtang (Zamtang) on road to Aba Xian, then E on road to Zhong Rangtang along Maierdi-anma (river), then S along stream ca. half way to Chotuo. Broad, flat valley with a network of meandering rocky streams and marshy places, adjacent meadow, slopes with shrubs and outcropping ledges. 32°15'23"N, 101°11'39"E; 3570-3730 m.
Meadow. Leaves abaxially white; involucral bracts green, apex dark purple; florets purple; anthers dark purple; stigma purple.
David E. Boufford, Kazumi FUJIKAWA, Susan L. Kelley, Richard H. Ree, Bo XU, Da-Cai ZHANG, Jian-Wen ZHANG, Ti-Cao ZHANG, Wei-Dong ZHU
39132 6 August 2007
 
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