暗苞风毛菊 an bao feng mao ju

Lagurostemon pygmaeus (Jacquin) Cassini var. schanginianus Wydler, Linnaea 5: 427. 1830 ["Schanginiana"]; Saussurea pygmaea (Jacquin) Sprengel var. schanginii Candolle, nom. illeg. superfl.

Herbs [4-]10-34 cm tall, perennial. Stems solitary or few, erect, simple. Leaves sessile, narrowly elliptic to linear, 4-20 × 0.1-0.5(-1) cm, both surfaces dark green and sparsely villous to subglabrous, margin entire or sparsely denticulate, apex acute to acuminate. Capitulum solitary, terminal on stem. Involucre campanulate, 1-2 cm in diam. Phyllaries in ca. 3 rows, villous, subequal in length; outer and middle phyllaries ovate-triangular to narrowly elliptic, 14-15 × 3-4 mm; inner phyllaries narrowly elliptic to linear, 14-15 × 1-1.5 mm. Receptacle bristles 3-5 mm. Corolla violet, 1.4-1.6 cm, tube 7-9(-10) mm, limb 6-7 mm, lobes 3-5 mm. Achene brown, cylindric, 5-6 mm, ribbed, apex with a short crown. Pappus dirty white to light brown; outer bristles 1-4 mm; inner bristles 1-1.2 cm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 36.

Alpine meadows, tundra, scree and rocky slopes; 2100-2800 m. N Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia (Siberia)].