美叶蒿 mei ye hao

Subshrubs, 50-200 cm tall, yellowish pubescent. Basal and lowermost leaves shortly petiolate; leaf blade ovate or broadly ovate, 1- or 2-pinnatisect. Middle stem leaves: leaf blade broadly ovate, 6-11 × 3-9 cm, abaxially densely gray tomentose with sparsely pubescent veins, adaxially gland-dotted and sparsely puberulent, pinnatipartite; segments (1 or)2 pairs, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 30-60 × 3-6(-10) mm. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. Synflorescence a broad panicle. Involucre ovoid, 2-2.5 mm; phyllaries sparsely pubescent. Marginal female florets 5 or 6. Disk florets 10-13, bisexual. Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct.

● Forest margins, riversides, waste areas, slopes; 1600-3000 m. W Guangxi, Guizhou, S Qinghai, Sichuan, E Xizang, Yunnan.