宽叶拟鼠麴草 kuan ye ni shu qu cao

Basionym: Anaphalis adnata Candolle, Prodr. 6: 274. 1838; A. esquirolii (H. Léveillé) H. Léveillé; A. sericeoalbida (Vaniot) H. Léveillé; Gnaphalium adnatum (Candolle) Wallich ex Thwaites; G. esquirolii H. Léveillé; G. formosanum Hayata; G. sericeoalbidum Vaniot.

Herbs, robust. Stems erect, 4-8 mm in diam., 50-100 cm tall, unbranched or rarely branched below, corymbosely branched above, densely lanate. Basal leaves withering at anthesis; middle and lower leaves oblanceolate or subelliptic, 4-9 × 1-2 cm, leathery, both surfaces densely tomentose, midrib elevated, base decurrent, apex obtuse. Capitula 5-7 mm in diam., in corymbs on upper stem. Involucre yellow or whitish, 3- or 4-seriate, globose, 5-6 mm wide, scarious; outer phyllaries obovate or oblanceolate, ca. 4 mm, rounded; inner ones elliptic or oblong, ca. 4 mm. Outer florets many; corolla ca. 3 mm. Central florets 5-7, ca. 3 mm. Achenes oblong, ca. 0.5 mm. Pappus white, ca. 3 mm. Fl. Aug-Oct.

Mountain slopes, roadsides, exposed rocky environments; 500-3000 m. Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, SE Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam].