薄雪火绒草(原变种) bao xue huo rong cao (yuan bian zhong)

Leontopodium japonicum var. xerogenes Handel-Mazzetti.

Stems rather stout, 2-3 mm in diam., usually densely leafy only at apex; internodes 10-20(-40) mm. Leaves obovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 25-80 × 4-15 mm, apex acute. Capitula arranged in sparse corymbs, 3.5-4.5 mm in diam.; bracteal leaves oblong-lanceolate, 10-30 × 3-8 mm. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Sep-Oct.

Forests, thickets, grassy or pebbly slopes; 700-2300 m. Anhui, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang [Japan].