瓜叶帚菊 gua ye zhou ju

Herbs, perennial, ca. 1 m tall. Leaves alternate; petiole 5-8 mm; leaf blade ovate to broadly ovate, 5.5-10 × 3-7.5 cm, papery, 3-veined, abaxially villous, adaxially sparsely villous along midvein, base broadly cuneate or sometimes truncate, never cordate, margin hornlike dentate, ciliate, apex acuminate. Capitula solitary or double, axillary on upper part of branches, ca. 2 × 1 cm, 7-9-flowered; peduncle 4-15 mm; involucre cylindric, ca. 1.5 × 0.5-0.6 cm; phyllaries 6- or 7-seriate, abaxially villous, margin ciliate, outer phyllaries ovate, ca. 2 mm, inner linear, ca. 1.1 cm. Florets bisexual, corolla tubular, 1-1.1 cm, deeply 5-lobed, lobes linear, revolute. Immature achenes terete, ca. 5 mm, glabrous or apically sparsely pubescent, ribbed; pappus dark white, ca. 0.8 cm. Fl. Sep.

● Forests; 900-1100 m. Henan, Sichuan.