林生风毛菊 lin sheng feng mao ju

Saussurea hsiaowutaishanensis F. H. Chen; S. sylvatica var. hsiaowutaishanensis (F. H. Chen) Lipschitz.

Herbs 20-80 cm tall, perennial. Stem 2-4 mm in diam., erect, simple or apically branched, with dentate wings, covered at base with fibrous remains of petioles. Lower stem leaves petiolate; petiole 1-5 cm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, obovate, or narrowly ovate, (3-)7-13 × 0.8-2 cm, abaxially glaucous, adaxially green and glabrous or sparsely pubescent, base cuneate, margin denticulate, apex rounded to subacute. Middle and upper stem leaves sessile, narrowly ovate-elliptic, 3.5-12 × 0.5-1.5 cm, base decurrent, apex acute. Uppermost stem leaves narrowly triangular to subulate-linear, 2-4 × 0.1-0.5 cm. Capitula 1-6, in a ± condensed corymbiform synflorescence, sessile to long pedunculate. Involucre campanulate, 1.2-2 cm in diam. Phyllaries in 4 or 5 rows, blackish purple, pilose-sericeous to glabrescent, apex acute to acuminate; outer phyllaries ovate-triangular, 6-7 × 2-4 mm; middle and inner phyllaries narrowly triangular-ovate to linear, 7-15 × 2-3 mm. Corolla purple, 1.5-1.6 cm, tube 8-8.5 mm, limb 7-7.5 mm, lobes 3-3.5 mm. Achene brown, cylindric, 5-5.5 mm, 4- or 5-angled, glabrous, with a short crown. Pappus brown; outer bristles (2-)3-5 mm; inner bristles 1.2-1.3 cm. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep. 2n = 30*.

● Alpine and montane grasslands, thickets, forest margins; 1900-4500 m. Gansu, Hebei (Xiaowutai Shan), Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan.