千山蒿 qian shan hao

Subshrubs, 25 cm tall or more, brown or yellowish tomentose or glabrescent. Lowermost leaves: petiole 1-3 cm; leaf blade ovate or obovate, 7-8 × 5-7.5 cm, 2- or 3-pinnatisect or -partite; segments 4(or 5) pairs; lobules (1 or)2 pairs, lanceolate, linear, or linear-lanceolate. Middle stem leaves: petiole 0.5-1 cm; leaf blade ovate or broadly ovate, 2-pinnatisect; segments 2 or 3(or 4) pairs; lobules narrowly linear or linear-lanceolate, 5-15 × 1-1.5 mm. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts pinnatisect or 3-sect. Synflorescence a broad, much-branched panicle. Involucre oblong, 1-1.5 mm in diam.; phyllaries revolute apically. Marginal female florets 5-7. Disk florets 5 or 6, male. Achenes oblong. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct.

● Hills, slopes. Liaoning (Anshan, Qian Shan).