草地风毛菊(原变种) cao di feng mao ju (yuan bian zhong)

Serratula amara Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 819. 1753; Saussurea amara var. glomerata (Poiret) Trautvetter; S. amara f. microcephala Franchet; S. glomerata Poiret; S. tenuicaulis Y. Ling.

Middle and inner phyllaries with a purple membranous appendage. Corolla pale purple.

Wastelands, by trails, forest steppes, steppes, saline and alkaline soils, dikes of streams, dunes, river and lake shores; 500-3200 m. Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan; E Europe].