倒羽叶风毛菊(原变种) dao yu ye feng mao ju (yuan bian zhong)

Saussurea alata Candolle var. runcinata (Candolle) Herder; S. crepidifolia Turczaninow.

Basal and lower stem leaves lyrate, pinnately parted, or pinnatisect; lateral lobes 1-7 pairs, narrowly triangular, elliptic, falcate, or linear, recurved to patent, margin usually entire or sometimes dentate, apex acute to obtuse and with a cartilaginous mucro; terminal lobe narrowly ovate, narrowly triangular, or linear, margin entire or dentate, apex acute to obtuse. Involucre campanulate to tubular-campanulate, 5-10 mm in diam.

River and lake shores, rock fissures near moist places, saline lowlands, saline and alkaline soils; 700-1300 m. Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi [Mongolia, Russia (Siberia)].