Ainsliaea acerifolia var. subapoda Nakai

Shallow maple-leaf ainsliaea (en)

Variety

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Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 40-80 cm tall. Leaves aggregated near median part of stem; petiole 4-12 cm, wingless; leaf blade subrounded, palmatifid, 5-14 × 5.5-18 cm, papery, palmately veined, both surfaces green, abaxially sparsely villous, especially on midvein, adaxially subglabrous, base cordate, margin cleft or lobed, apex acute. Capitula subsessile, arranged in spikes, 3-flowered; involucre cylindric, ca. 1 cm in diam.; phyllaries 8-seriate, subleathery, abaxially glabrous or apically pubescent, outer phyllaries broadly ovate or ovate, 1.5-3 mm, inner narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong, 1.3-1.4 cm. Florets bisexual, chasmogamous, corollas tubular, ca. 1.6 cm, deeply 5-lobed, lobes oblong, unequal, anther appendages apiculate. Achenes terete, ca. 8 mm, glabrous; pappus red-brownish, ca. 10 mm. Fl. Jul-Oct.
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Images

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Distribution

Ainsliaea acerifolia var. subapoda world distribution map, present in China

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Synonyms

Ainsliaea apiculata var. affinis Ainsliaea acerifolia var. subapoda