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Photo ID: 0000 0000 0402 0027 Current Taxon: Chaenactis douglasii var. alpina Photographer: Dan Post Date of photo: 1990-08-03 Location: United States, CA, Tuolumne County, Sonora Pass, Tuolemne/ Mono counties Photographer's ID: Chaenactis douglasii var. alpina Photo Submitted: 2002-04-03 Annotations: 2 annotations Photo ©1990 Dan Post | |
Annotation History
| Date | Name | Action | Plant Name Before Changes | Plant Name Changed to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annotation Notes | ||||
| 09/18/2002 | James Morefield |  taxon changed |
Chaenactis douglasii var. alpina | Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii (Douglas' Dustymaiden, Dusty-Maidens, Hoary Chaenactis) |
| This is the dwarfed montane form of var. douglasii sometimes called var. montana. The consistently branched capitulescences place it (perhaps arbitrarily) in var. douglasii rather than var. alpina. | ||||
| 02/09/2004 | Dean Taylor | taxon changed |
Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii | Chaenactis douglasii var. alpina (Alpine Dustymaiden) |
| : "I ammend herein Jim's assingment of this photograph - the plant shown is a polycarpic perennial, and corresponds to the taxon named C. pumila E. Greene; which in my opinion is distinct, very very rare, and poorly known- being insofar as I have seen material narrowly endemic to the Sonora Pass and Sweetwater Mountain region. The complex merits study." Absent this, I would assign this and other polycarpic material to var. alpina sensu lato, although Dorn Madrono 35 161-162. 1988 would restrict var. alpina to the Rocky Mountains; since var. alpina remians on the CNPS list, using the epithet alpina for these high alpine forms, which more probably correspond to the concept of var. montana, is proper. | ||||
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