新疆绒果芹 xin jiang rong guo qin

Pituranthos pelliotii H. de Boissieu, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 16: 163. 1910; Seseli pelliotii (H. de Boissieu) Pimenov & Kljuykov.

Plants 20–40 cm, sparsely pubescent. Basal leaves caespitose, petiole 1.5–3 cm; leaf blade oblong in outline, 3–6 × 1–2.5 cm, 1–2-pinnate; primary pinnae 4–5 pairs; ultimate segments ovate, margins irregular serrulate. Stem leaves much reduced or absent. Umbels 3–5 cm across; bracts 2–5, 3–9 mm, subulate; rays 3–5(–10), unequal, 2–4 cm; bracteoles 4–7, linear-lanceolate, 2–4 mm; umbellules 10–20-flowered. Calyx teeth minute, pubescent or obsolete. Petals pale yellow, abaxially densely pubescent. Fruit 2.5–4(–5) × 1.5–2 mm, densely pubescent. Seed face plane. Fl. Jul–Sep, fr. Sep–Oct.

Limestone slopes, river banks; 2700–3000 m. SW Xinjiang (Akto, Artux, Wuqia).

Two of us (Pimenov & Kljuykov, FOC 14: 129. 2005) prefer to treat this as Seseli pelliotii.