全叶紫菊 quan ye zi ju

Herbs. Stem solitary, erect, branched apically, glabrous, leafy. Middle stem leaves with petiole to 10 cm, distinctly winged, basally not widened and not clasping; leaf blade narrowly ovate, to 10 × 4.5 cm, undivided, base cuneate, margin mucronulately dentate, apex acuminate. Upper stem leaves sessile, narrowly elliptic, lanceolate, or narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 8.5-17 × 1.5-4.5 cm. Synflorescence paniculiform, with numerous capitula and capillaceous branches. Capitula with ca. 5 florets; peduncle capillaceous. Involucre 12-14 × 2-3 mm. Phyllaries purplish red, abaxially glabrous; outer phyllaries broadly ovate to lanceolate, largest ca. 5 × 1-1.5 mm, apex obtuse to acute; inner phyllaries 5. Florets purplish red. Achene subfusiform. Pappus ca. 8 mm. Fl. and fr. Sep. 2n = 18*.

● Mountain slopes, shaded and moist areas by trails, thickets; ca. 2000 m. Chongqing, Guizhou (Pu’an).