黄花小山菊 huang hua xiao shan ju

Chrysanthemum licentianum W. C. Wu; C. neo-oreastrum C. C. Chang; Dendranthema hypargyreum (Diels) Y. Ling & C. Shih.

Herbs, perennial, 5-25 cm tall, with procumbent rhizomes. Stems erect, unbranched, sparsely pubescent or villous. Basal leaves: petiole to 2 cm; leaf blade flabelliform or broadly ovate, 0.4-1.6 × 0.8-1.6 cm, abaxially sparsely or densely pubescent, adaxially glabrescent to glabrous, 2-pinnatisect or bipalmate-pinnatisect; ultimate segments linear or broadly linear. Lower and middle stem leaves similar to basal leaves but smaller. Upper stem leaves usually pinnatisect, uppermost leaves 3-partite. Capitulum solitary, terminal, 2-3.5 cm in diam. Involucres cup-shaped, 1-2 cm in diam.; phyllaries in 4 rows, abaxially glabrous or sparsely villous, margin brown, outer ones linear or linear-lanceolate, 5-6 mm, middle and inner ones lanceolate or elliptic, 7-9 mm. Ray floret lamina yellow, 6-12 mm. Fl. Sep.

● Meadows on mountain slopes; 1400-3900 m. Shaanxi, Sichuan.