高原绢蒿 gao yuan juan hao

Artemisia grenardii Franchet, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 3: 323. 1897 ["grenardi"]; A. stracheyi J. D. Hooker & Thomson ex C. B. Clarke var. grenardii (Franchet) Y. R. Ling.

Subshrubs, 15-20 cm tall, yellowish puberulent. Lower and middle stem leaves: petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade ovate or oblong, 0.5-0.8 × 0.3-0.5 cm, (1 or)2-pinnatisect; segments 3 or 4 pairs; lobules or lobes lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 2-3 × 0.5-1 mm. Upper leaves and leaflike bracts pinnatisect, 3-lobed or entire. Synflorescence a narrow spikelike panicle. Involucre ovoid or subglobose, 2-3 mm in diam.; phyllaries yellowish puberulent. Florets 4-6. Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct.

● High mountains. S Xinjiang.