峨眉蒿 e mei hao

Artemisia anthriscifolia C. C. Chang, Sunyatsenia 6: 24. 1941, not Presl ex Steudel (1840), nom. subnud.

Herbs, perennial, 50-120 cm tall, glabrescent. Lowermost and middle stem leaves: petiole 2-4 cm; leaf blade ovate-oblong or ovate, 7-15 × 5-10 cm. Lower leaves 3-pinnatisect; middle leaves 2- or 3-pinnatisect; segments 4 or 5 pairs, ovate-oblong or oblong, 3-6 × 2-3 cm; lobules 2 or 3 pairs, lacerate; rachis narrowly winged. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts 1- or 2-pinnatisect or -partite. Capitula in somewhat broad panicles. Involucre ovoid, 1-1.5 mm in diam. Marginal female florets 2-4. Disk florets 3-8, bisexual. Achene obovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug-Nov.

● Forest margins, forest shrublands; 2500-2800 m. C Sichuan.