羽脉千里光组 yu mai qian li guang zu

Cacalia ser. Pinnatae H. Koyama, Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyoto Univ., Ser. Biol. 2(2): 180. 1969.

Herbs, perennial, erect, rather woody at base. Stems leafy. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, abaxially densely white arachnoid, base cordate or rounded-subtruncate. Capitula discoid, pendulous. Anthers basally shortly, rather obtusely, sagittate; antheropodia short, broad. Achenes with epidermal cells not papillose, cuticle thick; mechanical tissue in 10 closely approximate tracts, bi-allantoid (shaped like 2 sausages joined) in cross section.

One species: Bhutan, China, N India, Nepal.

Lower Taxon

• Senecio kumaonensis Duthie ex C. Jeffrey & Y. L. Chen