盘果菊(原亚种) pan guo ju (yuan ya zhong)

Prenanthes tatarinowii Maximowicz, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 474. 1859; Lactuca tatarinowii (Maximowicz) Franchet; Nabalus pyramidalis (C. Shih) Sennikov; N. racemiformis (C. Shih) Sennikov; P. pyramidalis C. Shih; P. racemiformis C. Shih.

Lower and middle stem leaves with leaf blade either ovate to triangular-ovate, 5-15 × 6-15 cm, undivided, base cordate, hastate, truncate, or cuneate, margin subentire to sinuate-dentate with mucronate teeth, and apex acute to acuminate or leaf blade additionally with 1 pair of elliptic to obliquely ovate lateral lobes 0.6-5.5 × 0.4-4.5 cm. Upper and uppermost stem leaves with leaf blade broadly triangular-ovate, linear-lanceolate, subrhombic, broadly ovate, or ovate, similar to middle stem leaves but smaller and more frequently not divided, base truncate to cuneate, apex shortly to long acuminate. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 16*.

Mountain slopes, forest margins, forests, grasslands, moist places by water; 500-3000 m. Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan [Korea, SE Russia].