Cremanthodium nobile Diels ex H.Lév.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Cremanthodium

Characteristics

Stems 1-4, erect, 15-40 cm tall, 2-4 mm in diam. at base, shortly black pilose, proximally glabrescent. Basal leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; petiole to 3 cm, broadly or narrowly winged; leaf blade obovate, broadly elliptic, or suborbicular, 1.2-10 × 1-5.5 cm, glabrous, pinnate veins prominent abaxially, base cuneate, narrowed into petiole, margin entire, apex obtuse or rounded. Stem leaves few, sessile, narrowly oblong to linear, base not amplexicaul. Capitulum solitary, nodding. Involucre hemispheric, 1.2-1.7 × 2-3 cm, outside shortly brown or dark brown pilose; phyllaries 10-14, in 2 rows; outer phyllaries lanceolate, 4-5 mm wide, apex acuminate; inner phyllaries broadly ovate, to 8 mm wide, margin shortly pilose and broadly membranous, apex acute. Ray florets yellow; lamina narrowly lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 2.5-3.5 × 0.4-1 cm, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate; tube ca. 3 mm. Tubular florets numerous, yellow, 5-6 mm; tube ca. 1 mm. Achenes obovoid, 2-4 mm, conspicuously ribbed, apex narrowed into a short rostrum, between ribs purplish red. Pappus white, as long as tubular corolla. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Cremanthodium nobile world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:199574-1
WFO ID wfo-0000012258
COL ID ZB62
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Synonyms

Senecio nobilis Cremanthodium nobile

Lower taxons

Cremanthodium nobile var. yanyuanense