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Carduus acanthoides Linnaeus
Determined by: Yousheng Chen, February 2009
FOC
Sichuan: Hongyuan Xian. NE of the city of Hongyuan on highway S209, then E on highway 301 toward Songpan Xian at Maiwa Xiang. Wet meadows with Salix and Spiraea, marsh, and shrub covered slope adjacent to meadows with scattered Abies and Picea. 33°4'40"N, 102°51'18"E; 3560 m.
Dry gravelly soil. Herb, ca. 1 m tall; involucral bracts green, apex reddish purple; florets bright pink; anthers bright pink; stigma bright pink.
David E. Boufford, Kazumi FUJIKAWA, Susan L. Kelley, Richard H. Ree, Hang SUN, Bo XU, Jian-Wen ZHANG, Ti-Cao ZHANG & Wei-Dong ZHU
39982 19 August 2007
 
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