Saussurea nuda Ledeb.


Family	ASTERACEAE
Genus species	Saussurea nuda Ledeb. trib. Cardueae
Synonyms	Saussurea densa (Hook.) Rydb.
Habitat	tundra
Altitude	0-2800m
Description	basal leaves petiolate, oblong or lanceolate, stem leaves sessile to amplexicaule, linear to lanceolate, on both faces green, dentate, capitula 10-16 in dense raceme
Size	10-20cm
Color	pinkish violet
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	tuft, fl. stem ascending
Cultivation	humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagation	seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer
Territory	Asia-Temperate Siberia (Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Sakhalin ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Montana)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	ASTERACEAE Saussurea nuda Ledeb., Icon. Pl. [Ledebour] 1: 15 (1829) 0-2800m ============================================================================= nuda typica ined. Synonyms: Saussurea alpina densa Hook. Saussurea alpina ledebouri A.Gray Saussurea densa (Hook.) Rydb. Saussurea nuda densa (Hook.) Hultén Yakutia, Russian Far East, Alaska, w. Canada, Montana 30 YAK 31 KAM KHA KUR MAG SAK 70 ASK 71 ABT BRC 73 MNT nuda oxyodonta (Hultén) Vorosch., Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh SSSR [A.K. Svortzov, ed.] 197 (1985) Basionym: Saussurea oxyodonta Hultén, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., Ser. 3. 8(2): 207 (1930) Yakutia, Russian Far East 30 YAK 31 KAM KHA KUR MAG