狭苞云南紫菀 xia bao yun nan zi wan

Aster vilmorinii Franchet; Erigeron vilmorinii (Franchet) Botschantzev.

Stems 2- or 3-branched or simple. Leaves: margin sparsely serrate or subentire, villous, lower cauline leaves 7-15 × 1-2.5 cm, middle leaves somewhat narrow or broader, abaxially villous at least at base, veins villous, adaxially sparsely villosulous, glandular, base rounded or cordate. Capitula 4-6 cm in diam. Involucres 1.5-2 cm in diam.; phyllaries linear-lanceolate, 0.8-1.5 mm wide, abaxially densely villous at base or throughout, glandular. Ray floret lamina 20-25 × 1-2 mm.

● Alpine and subalpine forest margins and open grasslands; 2300-4100 m. SW and W Sichuan, NW Yunnan.