玉龙毛冠菊 yu long mao guan ju

Vierhapperia hieraciophylla Handel-Mazzetti, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 629. 1937 ["hieraciphylla"].

Herbs, perennial; rhizome woody. Stems erect, 38-90 cm tall. Leaves: basal short, winged petiolate, blade ovate or oblong, 12-22 × 3.8-9 cm, abaxially stipitate glandular, base attenuate, margin dentate, villosulous; mid cauline broadly winged, shortly petiolate, blade abaxially stipitate glandular, sparsely villous on midvein, adaxially stipitate glandular, sparsely villosulous, base abruptly narrowed, margin denticulate; upper cauline sessile. Capitula 2-7, in corymbose synflorescences. Phyllaries 2-4-seriate, subequal, linear-lanceolate. Ray florets purplish-reddish, lamina 0.6-4 × 0.4-1.2 mm; inner tubular 1-seriate, filiform, sometimes unstable; disk florets numerous, yellowish, 4-5 mm, lobes glandular at apex. Achenes oblong, pilose, 8-10-ribbed. Pappus of few white bristles 3-4 mm. Fl. Jun-Sep.

● Picea forests or thickets; 3400-3800 m. NW Yunnan (Lijiang, Zhongdian).