吉林风毛菊 ji lin feng mao ju

Saussurea eriolepis Bunge ex Candolle var. caudata Herder; S. grandifolia Maximowicz var. caudata (Herder) Komarov.

Herbs 40-80(-100) cm tall, perennial. Stem solitary, slender, erect, many branched, brown arachnoid. Basal and lower stem leaves petiolate; petiole to 12 cm; leaf blade 7-16 × 4-6 cm, base cordate to cuneate, margin dentate, apex acuminate. Middle stem leaves sessile, narrowly obovate to narrowly ovate-elliptic, 6-8 × 0.7-1.2 cm. Upper stem leaves narrowly ovate-elliptic to linear, smaller. Capitula numerous, in a paniculiform synflorescence, long pedunculate. Involucre campanulate, 1-1.5(-2) cm in diam. Phyllaries in 4 or 5(-8) rows, purple, apical part saber-shaped and recurved, apex long acuminate; outer phyllaries triangular-ovate, ca. 4 × 1 mm; middle phyllaries elliptic, ca. 7 × 3 mm; inner phyllaries linear-oblong, ca. 11 × 2 mm. Receptacle bristles 1-1.2 cm. Corolla purple, 1.3-1.5(-2) cm, tube 7-9 mm, limb 6-7 mm, lobes ca. 4 mm. Achene blackish brown with dark spots, cylindric, 3-4 mm, glabrous. Pappus dirty white; outer bristles 3-5 mm, scabrid; inner bristles 1-1.1 cm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 26.

Forest margins, forests. Heilongjiang, Jilin [Korea, Russia (Far East)].