Going by the keys, can it be *Saussurea gnaphalodes* (Royle) Sch.Bip. <https://efloraofindia.com/species/a---l/ar/asteraceae/carduoideae/saussurea/saussurea-gnaphalodes> ?
On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 at 11:48, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Three species given in bold below (from keys in Flora of China) are quite > confusing. Pl. check (all can be seen at Saussurea > <https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/28/saussurea/>): > 18 (12) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-12> > *Pappus > dull dark brown, mouse-gray, or blackish* (19) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-19> > + *Pappus white, dirty white, straw-colored, light brown, or brown* (21) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-21> > > 19 (18) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-18> > Plants > not caespitose; caudex long, creeping, fragile, branched below ground > level; leaf blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, pinnately lobed to > pinnately divided, 5-15 mm wide. 16 *S. quercifolia* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024444> > + *Plants usually caespitose; caudex short, branched at ground level; > leaf blade obovate, spatulate, or linear-oblong, undivided, 2-8 mm wide* > (20) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-20> > > 20 (19) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-19> > *Rosette > and lower stem leaves green, glabrescent; petioles green,* *elongated;* *leaf > margin obtusely sinuate-dentate; outer pappus bristles always reflexed and > appressed on achene.* 13 *S. inversa* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250097346> > + *Rosette and lower stem leaves whitish, densely tomentose; petioles > purple, short; leaf margin entire or shallowly crenate; outer pappus > bristles usually erect.* 14 *S. gnaphalodes* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024414> > > 21 (18) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-18> > Plants > shortly stemmed, less than 10 cm tall (22) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-22> > + Plants with a distinct elongate erect flowering stem, usually more than > 10 cm tall (24) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-24> > > 22 (21) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-21> > Leaf > blade very small, less than 1 cm. 15 *S. sugongii* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250097347> > + *Leaf blade larger, more than 1 cm* *(23)* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-23> > > 23 (22) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-22> > *Upper > stem leaves elliptic, not reflexed, apex obtuse to rounded.* 12 *S. > glacialis* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250097345> > + Upper stem leaves linear, reflexed, apex acuminate. 19 *S. gyacaensis* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242346737> > > > On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 at 09:12, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes Alka Ji ! >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/VjtKOxNET-8 >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 9:10 AM Alka Khare <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello friends >>> >>> This was at the Chang la (the top) next to Chang la baba mandir, Ladakh >>> in August 2022. >>> >>> Saussurea glacialis >>> >>> Requested to please validate. >>> >>> Thanks and regards >>> Alka Khare >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/1a7c966e-fc0b-4a01-ae27-3a0b2389a4b5n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/1a7c966e-fc0b-4a01-ae27-3a0b2389a4b5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBmFFozWagssWRaNHriZyjLtkSpAOwEidqKRwd_qoO5cw%40mail.gmail.com.
