菱叶菊 ling ye ju

Dendranthema rhombifolium Y. Ling & C. Shih, Bull. Bot. Lab. N. E. Forest. Inst., Harbin 6: 2. 1980.

Subshrubs, ca. 1.5 m tall. Stems and branches densely white pubescent. Petiole ca. 5 mm; leaf blade rhomboid, 1-1.4 × 0.7-1.5 cm, abaxially white or grayish white, densely and thickly appressed pubescent, adaxially pale green or grayish green, sparsely pubescent, base cuneate, obtusely 1-triangular-dentate or obtusely shallowly lobed on each side. Leaves near synflorescence elliptic, ovate, or broadly linear, ca. 1 × 0.5-0.6 cm. Synflorescence a lax terminal cyme. Capitula few. Involucres cup-shaped, ca. 1 cm in diam.; phyllaries in 4 rows, scarious margin white or brown, outer ones linear or linear-lanceolate, 3-4 mm, adaxially densely pubescent, middle and inner ones elliptic, 4-5 mm, middle ones densely pubescent abaxially, inner ones glabrescent abaxially. Ray floret lamina white, ca. 8 mm, apex 3-denticulate. Achene ca. 1 mm. Fl. and fr. Oct.

● Mountain slopes. NE Chongqing (Wushan).