| Cnidium ajanense (Regel & Tiling) Drude | |||
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| Family | Umbelliferae — APG family: Apiaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Tilingia ajanensis Regel & Tiling. | ||
| Description | Stem simple or branched above, glabrous, from stout, many-headed, vertical caudex; basal leaves 2-pinnate to nearly 3-pinnate, with linear to ovate-lanceolate ultimate segments; petioles with broad basal sheaths; umbel with 5-10 rays; petals broadly ovate, white or purplish, with inflexed apex; fruit broadly ovate; 2 lateral ribs of carpels slightly more winged than back ribs. | ||
| Ecology | Meadows in subalpine or alpine regions. |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.