湿地风毛菊 shi di feng mao ju

Herbs 50-100 cm tall, perennial. Stem solitary, erect, apically branched, narrowly winged, pubescent. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole narrowly winged; leaf blade elliptic to narrowly ovate-elliptic, 10-25 × 2-4(-6) cm, abaxially grayish green, gland-dotted, and sparsely arachnoid, adaxially green and sparsely brown pubescent, base truncate to rounded, margin dentate, apex acute. Lower and middle stem leaves sessile, narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong, 9-18 × 1-3 cm, base cuneate, margin dentate, apex acute to acuminate. Upper stem leaves narrowly elliptic to linear, margin entire. Capitula several, in a paniculiform or corymbiform synflorescence. Involucre campanulate, ca. 1 cm in diam. Phyllaries in ca. 5 rows, gland-dotted and puberulent; outer and middle phyllaries ovate, apical part saber-shaped and reflexed, apex acuminate-caudate; inner phyllaries narrowly elliptic to linear, apex acuminate. Corolla pale purple, 1.2-1.5 cm, tube 6-8 mm, limb 6-7 mm. Achene cylindric, 3-4 mm. Pappus pale brown; outer bristles 2-3 mm, scabrid; inner bristles ca. 1 cm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Aug.

Forests, forest meadows. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Nei Mongol [Korea, Russia (Far East, E Siberia)].