林风毛菊 lin feng mao ju

Saussurea aristata Lipschitz; S. stenolepis Nakai.

Herbs 40-80(-110) cm tall, perennial. Stem solitary, erect, apically branched. Basal and lower stem leaves usually withered at anthesis. Middle stem leaves petiolate; petiole to 14 cm; leaf blade narrowly triangular-cordate, triangular-ovate, or ovate, 5-15 × 3-8 cm, pinnately lobed to pinnatisect or undivided and margin coarsely dentate; base cordate to truncate, apex acute. Upper stem leaves shortly petiolate, smaller; leaf blade usually undivided, margin dentate to entire, both surfaces green and glabrous. Uppermost stem leaves linear to subulate. Capitula several, in a lax corymbiform or paniculiform synflorescence, long pedunculate. Involucre obconic, (0.5-)1-1.5 cm in diam. Phyllaries in 5 or 6 rows, apical part reflexed, apex long acuminate; outer phyllaries ovate, 5-6 × 1-2 mm; middle phyllaries narrowly ovate-elliptic, ca. 10 × 2 mm; inner phyllaries narrowly elliptic to linear, ca. 15 × 2 mm. Receptacle bristles ca. 7 mm. Corolla purplish red, 1.2-1.5 cm, tube 6-9 mm, limb 5-6 mm. Achene brown, cylindric, 4-7 mm, ribbed. Pappus dirty white; outer bristles 2-3 mm, smooth or scabrid; inner bristles ca. 1 cm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 26.

Montane forests, forest margins. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Nei Mongol [Korea, Russia (Far East)].