丽江滇芎 li jiang dian xiong

Trachydium forrestii Diels, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 291. 1912; Physospermopsis dielsii Pimenov & Kljuykov, nom. illeg. superfl.; P. forrestii (Diels) C. Norman (1938), not Fedde ex H. Wolff (1929); Pleurospermum forrestii (Diels) M. Hiroe.

Plants 15–30 cm. Taproot long-conic. Stem reduced, branched at base, branches longer than the main stem. Basal petioles 4–9 cm, sheaths broad; blade ovate-oblong in outline, 3–5 × 2–3.5 cm, 2-pinnate/pinnatifid; pinnae subsessile, 3–5 pairs, ovate or broad-ovate, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 cm, margin pinnatifid; ultimate segments entire or 2–3-toothed. Leaves reduced upwards. Umbels 2–13 cm across; peduncles 7–16 cm; bracts 3–5, leaf-like, 2-pinnate, apex pinnate; rays 9–13, (1–)3–7 cm, ascending-spreading; bracteoles 2–5, ovate oblong to ovate-lanceolate, as long as or exceeding the flowers, often 3-toothed; pedicels 9–13. Calyx teeth minute. Petals white, 1.2–1.5 × 1–1.2 mm. Fruit broadly ovoid, 2.5–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm, base truncate or slightly cordate. Seed face concave. Fl. and fr. Jul–Aug.

Grassy slopes; 2900–4500 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Myanmar].