毛果扁毛菊 mao guo bian mao ju

Waldheimia lasiocarpa G. X. Fu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(2): 113. 1979.

Herbs, perennial. Stems procumbent, much branched. Leaves sessile; leaf blade spatulate, 1.5-2 × 0.6-0.7 cm, both surfaces sparsely lanate, apex 5-7-parted or -lobed. Capitulum solitary, to 3 cm in diam., sessile. Involucre hemispheric; phyllaries in 3 or 4 rows, triangular-lanceolate to oblong, 5-7 mm, abaxially sparsely lanate. Ray florets deep pink; lamina elliptic-oblong, ca. 13 mm, apex entire. Disk florets yellow. Achenes terete, ca. 2.5 mm, 5-ribbed, white villous, with sessile glands. Pappus many, bristlelike, deplanate, yellow-brown, longer than corolla.

● Stony grasslands by rivers, broken stony places on mountain slopes; 4700-5200 m. S Xizang (N slopes of Qomolangma Feng).