山生千里光系 shan sheng qian li guang xi

Senecio sect. Montani Schischkin in Schischkin & Bobrov, Fl. URSS 26: 883. 1961, not Muschler (1909).

Herbs, dwarf, rhizomatous, with leafy stems. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong to spatulate, abaxially usually tomentose, basally cuneate to attenuate, at least stem leaves often pinnately lobed. Capitula radiate, erect. Phyllaries 13 or 18-20, herbaceous. Ray florets 5 or 6 or 10-14. Disk florets 15 to many. Anthers subacutely auriculate at bases; antheropodia rather stout, basally gradually dilated.

About six species: Himalaya and Myanmar to Russia; five species (three endemic) in China.

Lower Taxa

• Senecio albopurpureus Kitamura
• Senecio kongboensis Ludlow
• Senecio lhasaensis Y. Ling ex Y. L. Chen, S. Yun Liang & K. Y. Pan
• Senecio megalanthus Y. L. Chen
• Senecio thianschanicus Regel & Schmalhausen