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Tephroseris kjellmanii (A.E. Porsild) Holub

24 photos.
"Kjellman's groundsel" previously was Senecio atropurpureus ssp. tomentosus (Kjellm.) Hultén.
Senecio atropurpureus was broken up into T. kjellmanii, T. atropurpurea and T. frigidaAtropurpurea is 
no longer listed, having been banished to T. integrifolia. Kjellmanii is distinguished by its floccose-tomentose
involucrum. 

.ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 565561


1.  June 4, 2007.  Three blossoms, the right one almost fully in bloom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2.  May 30, 2007.  A cluster of plants in the
early bud stage. Note the large basal leaves.
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3.  May 30, 2007.  Top view of the plants
in photo 2.


4.  May 30, 2007.  Close-up of one of the
plants in photos 2 and 3.


5.  June 4, 2007.  Young plants on less-wet
ground.




6.  June 9, 2008.  Two more budding plants.
Right bud is opening.




7.  June 9, 2008.  A bud just beginning
to open.  Note that the basal leaves have
dried out.



8.  June 9, 2008.  Top view of the bud
in photo 7.


9.  June 9, 2008.  Another bud, slightly
more open.


10.  June 9, 2008.  Top view of bud
in photo 9.


11. June 9, 2008.  Another expanding bud.
The ligules are still short.


12.  June 9, 2008.  Four more plants at the same
stage as the plant in 11.


13.  June 12, 2007.  Almost fully open among
Cassiope tetragona.


14.  June 9, 2008.  Fully open with the disc
flowers at the edge of the disc beginning
to open.



15.  June 22, 2008.  Disc flowers even farther
along.




16.  June 12, 2007.  Side view with disc flowers
almost fully developed.




17.  June 18, 2009.  A blossom with short
ligules and disk flowers still in bud.



18.  June 18, 2009.  Profile view of the
plant in photo 17.



19.  June 18, 2009.  The base and lower stem
of the plant in photo 17.



20.  June 12, 2007.  Close profile view of a
blossom with long ligules showing the
floccose-tomentose involucrum

21.  May 30, 2012.  Plant in bud with bracts
encased in tomentum.

22.  May 30, 2012.  Disc flowers and
ligules beginning to emerge.

23.  June 15, 2012.  Profile view of a plant with
long ligules showing that the tomentum is not
confined to the involcral bracts.


24.  June 18, 2013. Tephroseris kjellmanii
on the right. On the left, Tephroseris frigida
perhaps hybridized with kjellmanii.

Photos 1and 5 taken on
Twelvemile Summit.
65°  23.8' N,   145°  59.5' W
Elev. 3150 ft.

Photos 2-4 taken in the saddle between
the Left Fork of Mastodon Fork of
Eagle Creek and Baker Gulch.
65° 27.50' N,  145° 21.68' W
Elev. 4000 ft.

Photos 6-12, 14 and 24 taken on the
Central side of Eagle Summit.
65°  30.0' N,   145°  22.6' W
Elev. 3700 ft.

Photos 13, 16 and 20 taken in a wet
hummocky alpine-sedge stand below a
snowbank terrace.
65° 28.3' N,  145° 21.2' W
Elev. 3950 ft.

Photo 15 taken on Eagle Summit
at the Pinnell trailhead.
65° 29.05' N, 145° 24.987' W
Elev. 3650 ft

 

Photos 17-19 taken on a ridge just east
of Eagle Summit.
65°  29.1' N,   145°  23.5' W
Elev. 3900 ft.

photos 21-22 taken south of the mountain
listed by USGS as Eagle Summit.
Latitude: N 65° 28' 42.7"
Longitude: W 145° 23' 37.2"
Altitude: 1159.97 m.

Photo 23 taken near 24 mile on the
Pinnell Mountain trail.
Latitude: N 65° 25' 32.9"
Longitude: W 145° 55' 39.1"
Altitude: 1172.95 m.