Pertya desmocephala Diels

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 0.5-1 m tall. Leaves alternate; petiole 3-7 mm; leaf blade broadly ovate, 4-7.5 × 2-6.5 cm, papery, 3-veined, both surfaces sparsely villous, glabrate when old, base shallowly cordate or auriculate, margin undulate-serrate, apex acuminate. Capitula 2-5 in glomerulate synflorescences, axillary on upper parts of branches, 1-flowered; peduncle 2-5 mm; involucre cylindric, 1.1-1.3 cm × ca. 3 mm; phyllaries ca. 7-seriate, abaxially apically pubescent, apices obtuse to slightly acuminate, outer phyllaries ovate, 1.8-2.5 mm, inner linear, 1.1-1.3 cm. Florets bisexual, corolla tubular, 1.3-1.5 cm, deeply 5-lobed, lobes linear, unequal. Achenes fusiform, ca. 9 mm, villous, ribbed; pappus dark white to light brownish, ca. 1.3 cm. Fl. Aug-Nov.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Distribution

Pertya desmocephala world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:237229-1
WFO ID wfo-0000075461
COL ID 76V7M
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Synonyms

Pertya cordifolia var. desmocephala Pertya desmocephala