绿香青(原变种) lü xiang qing (yuan bian zhong)

Stems 4-8 cm tall; lower leaves dense; internodes 0.2-0.5 cm, while upper internodes to 1 cm. Leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, 1.5-3.5 × 1.5-3.5 cm. Capitula 5-15, densely congested into globose corymb at stem apex, 2-3 cm in diam.

● Mountaintops, rocky or grassy slopes; 3000-4800 m. E Xizang (Cawarong, Qamdo), NW Yunnan (Lijiang).