高岭风毛菊 gao ling feng mao ju

Saussurea alpicola Kitamura; S. eriophylla Nakai var. alpina Nakai.

Herbs 10-30 cm tall, perennial. Stem erect, simple, sparsely tomentose. Basal and lower stem leaves petiolate; petiole 2-4 cm; leaf blade triangular to triangular-ovate, 3-12 × 1-3.5 cm, abaxially grayish white and densely tomentose, adaxially green and sparsely arachnoid tomentose to subglabrous, base cordate, truncate, or cuneate, margin sharply dentate or entire, apex acuminate, acute, or sometimes obtuse. Middle and upper stem leaves few, narrowly elliptic to linear, margin sharply dentate or entire. Capitula solitary or 2, terminal on stem, usually subtended by 1 or 2 linear leaves. Involucre campanulate, 2-2.5 cm in diam. Phyllaries in 4 or 5 rows, whitish, tomentose, apex acute; outer phyllaries ovate, 5-7 × 2.5-3 mm; middle phyllaries narrowly ovate-elliptic, 7-10 × 2.5-3.5 mm; inner phyllaries narrowly ovate-elliptic, 10-12 × 1.5-2 mm. Corolla purple, 1.2-1.4 cm, tube 6-8 mm, limb ca. 6 mm. Achene pale brown tinged purple, cylindric, ca. 5 mm, ribbed, apex with a denticulate crown. Pappus pale brown; outer bristles 2-3 mm; inner bristles 1-1.1 cm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.

By waterfalls, grasslands, rock crevices; 1500-2600 m. Jilin (Changbai Shan) [Korea, Russia (Far East)].