昆明帚菊 kun ming zhou ju

Subshrubs, 0.6-1.5 m tall. Leaves on long shoots alternate, petiole 1-3 mm, leaf blade oblong, 5-15 × 3-7 mm, papery, both surfaces sparsely hispidulous, base attenuate, margin entire, ciliate, apex rounded or mucronate; leaves on branchlets tufted, 3-5, leaf blade subelliptic, 2-4 × 1-3 mm. Capitula many in large leafy panicles, 1-flowered; peduncle (0-)2-5 mm; involucre cylindric, 1.3-1.5 cm × 4-5 mm; phyllaries 5-seriate, abaxially pubescent, outer phyllaries ovate, 2-3 mm, inner narrowly oblong, 1.2-1.4 cm. Florets bisexual, corolla tubular, 1.7-1.9 cm, deeply 5-lobed, lobes linear, revolute. Achenes obovoid, ca. 6 mm, densely white villous, ribbed; pappus white or white-yellow, 1.2-1.5 cm. Fl. Jan-Mar.

● Stream banks; ca. 1900 m. Yunnan.