尼泊尔香青(原变种) ni bo er xiang qing (yuan bian zhong)

Helichrysum nepalense Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 3: 485. 1826, based on H. stoloniferum D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 176. 1825, not (Linnaeus f.) Willdenow (1803); Anaphalis cuneifolia (Candolle) J. D. Hooker; A. intermedia (Candolle) Duthie; A. mairei H. Léveillé; A. mucronata Candolle var. polycephala Candolle; A. nubigena Candolle var. intermedia (Candolle) J. D. Hooker; A. nubigena var. polycephala (Candolle) C. B. Clarke; A. triplinervis (Sims) C. B. Clarke var. intermedia Airy Shaw; Antennaria triplinervis Sims var. cuneifolia Candolle; A. triplinervis var. intermedia Candolle.

Stems erect or ascending, slender, 5-30 cm tall, sparsely caespitose. Lower leaves usually surviving during anthesis, spatulate or oblanceolate, 2-7 × 0.8-2.5 cm, gradually attenuate at base into long petiole. Capitula 1-6 or more; peduncle 0.5-1.5 cm.

Alpine or subalpine grasslands, forest margins, valleys, rocks; 2400-4500 m. S and SW Gansu, S Shaanxi, W Sichuan, S Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal].

This taxon is extremely variable.