Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Podistera macounii (Coult. & Rose) Math. & Const Bull. Torrey Club 69: 247. 1942.
Ligusticum Macounii Coult. & Rose; Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 289. 1893. Orumbella Macounii Coult. & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 446. 1909. Ligusticella Macounii Math. & Const. Bull. Torrey Club 68: 123. 1941.
Plants 8-10 cm. high; leaves oblong in general outline, excluding the petioles 2-5 cm. long, 8-25 mm. broad, the leaflets ovate to orbicular, 5-15 mm. long, 5-15 mm. broad, coarsely lobed or incised; petioles 3-12 cm. long; involucre of numerous linear-lanceolate bracts, 5-10 mm. long; involucel of bractlets similar to the bracts, exceeding the pedicels but shorter than the fruit; rays 6-12, 3-20 mm. long; pedicels flattened, narrowly winged, 2-3 mm. long; flowers purplish, the petals obovate; fruit oval, 4-5 mm. long, 2-3 mm. broad, the ribs prominent, obtuse, corky; oil-tubes 2 or 3 in the intervals, 2-4 on the commissure; seed-face plane or slightly concave.
Type locality: Cape Vancouver, Alaska, J . M. Maconn. Distribution: Southern Alaska (Coville &• Kearney 1<)3H, Trelease 4540).
- bibliographic citation
- Albert Charles Smith, Mildred Esther Mathias, Lincoln Constance, Harold William Rickett. 1944-1945. UMBELLALES and CORNALES. North American flora. vol 28B. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
