云南紫菀(原变种) yun nan zi wan (yuan bian zhong)

Aster diplostephioides (Candolle) C. B. Clarke var. yunnanensis (Franchet) Onno.

Stems 2-8-branched, rarely simple. Leaves: margin entire or serrulate, villous, lower cauline leaves 17-18 × 2-4 cm, middle leaves abaxially villous on veins, adaxially sparsely villosulous, and glandular, base rounded or auriculate. Capitula 5-8.5 cm in diam. Involucres 2-2.5 cm in diam.; phyllaries ovate-lanceolate, 3-4(-5) mm wide, densely villous basally, sparsely villous and purplish glandular above. Ray floret lamina 25-35 × 1.5-2.5 mm.

● Alpine and subalpine grasslands; 2500-4500 m. SW and W Sichuan, NW Yunnan.