光叶扁毛菊 guang ye bian mao ju

Waldheimia korolkowii Regel & Schmalhausen; W. stoliczkae (C. B. Clarke) Ostenfeld.

Herbs, perennial, ca. 15 cm tall, with procumbent, many-branched rhizomes; stems glabrous. Leaf blades 4-5 × 1(-1.5) cm, glabrous, 1- or 2-pinnatisect. Capitulum solitary, terminal, pedunculate. Phyllaries glabrous, scarious margin dark. Ray floret lamina white or pale pink, ca. 15 mm. Achenes sparsely pilose or glabrous.

Rocky slopes, stony riverbeds; [3000-5000 m]. Xinjiang, W Xizang [Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan].

No Chinese specimens were seen. The account is based on Fl. URSS (26: 268. 1961) and Rast. Tsentral. Azii (14a: 23. 2007).