Galatella altaica Tzvelev

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Galatella

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 20-60 cm tall, abundantly shortly papilliform hairy, ± scabrous, sparsely shortly arachnoid, at least often in upper part. Stems solitary or several, erect or ascending. Leaves dense, spreading or ascending, sessile, oblong or lanceolate-oblong to linear-lanceolate, 4-6 × 0.5-0.8 cm, surfaces (rarely only adaxial) gland-dotted, scabrous and/or arachnoid, 3-veined, base cuneate, apex shortly acuminate; upper (in synflorescences) reduced. Capitula 7-10, in corymbiform synflorescences, rarely solitary, 13-20 mm in diam. Involucre broadly campanulate to hemispheric, 4-5 × 7-8 mm; phyllaries 3-or 4-seriate, yellow-green, 1-veined or inconspicuously 3-veined, abaxially ± shortly arachnoid to glabrate, margin narrowly scarious, erose, shortly arachnoid ciliate, outer ovate-lanceolate, apex acute, innermost larger, oblong, margin narrowly scarious, apex rounded to obtuse or acute. Ray florets 8-15, pinkish violet, lamina 15-18 mm; disk florets 25-50, pale yellow, 6-7 mm, limb funnelform, lobes oblong-lanceolate. Achenes oblong, 2.5-3 mm, densely strigose. Pappus yellowish, 6-7 mm. Fl. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
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Mature height (meter) 10.35 - 10.55
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Distribution

Galatella altaica world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Liberia, and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:208424-1
WFO ID wfo-0000089127
COL ID 3F2NC
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Synonyms

Galatella bipunctata Galatella altaica