Saussurea simpsoniana (Fielding & Gardner) Lipsch.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Saussurea

Characteristics

Herbs 2-12[-25] cm tall, perennial, caespitose, polycarpic. Caudex stout, branched, with several sterile leaf rosettes and flowering stems. Stem solitary, ca. 6 mm in diam., erect, simple, usually hidden by leaves. Rosette and lower stem leaves petiolate; leaf blade narrowly oblong or narrowly elliptic to linear, 2-6 × 0.3-0.6[-1.2] cm, both surfaces green or purplish and sparsely arachnoid, base cuneate-attenuate, margin dentate to pinnately lobed, apex acute. Uppermost stem leaves linear, 10-25 × 1-2 mm, usually reflexed, both surfaces densely white lanate, margin entire or denticulate, apex acute. Capitula numerous, in a hemispheric synflorescence 2-3.5 cm in diam., sessile or shortly pedunculate. Involucre cylindric, 4-6 mm in diam. Phyllaries in 3 or 4 rows, membranous, apex acute to acuminate; outer phyllaries narrowly triangular-ovate, 11-13 × ca. 3 mm, apically lanate; inner phyllaries narrowly ovate-elliptic to linear, 9-10 × 1.5-2 mm, apically sparsely pilose. Receptacle bristles ca. 1.5 mm. Corolla purple, 0.9-1.1 cm, tube 3.5-5 mm, limb 5.5-6 mm, lobes 2-3 mm. Achene brown, 2-3 mm, wrinkled, apically sparsely papillose. Pappus straw-colored; outer bristles ca. 3 mm; inner bristles ca. 1 cm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 32.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Fever (flower), Infertility, male (flower), Fever (root), Infertility, male (root), Menstruation disturbances (root), Plague (root), Snake bites (root), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Debility (unspecified), Female (unspecified), Nerves (unspecified), Plague (unspecified), Astringents (unspecified), Hysteria (unspecified), Mental disorders (unspecified), Nervous system diseases (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Furunculosis (whole plant)
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Images

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Distribution

Saussurea simpsoniana world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:242653-1
WFO ID wfo-0000119880
COL ID 6XRBZ
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Synonyms

Aplotaxis simpsoniana Saussurea simpsoniana Saussurea sacra Saussurea yushuensis Theodorea sacra Aplotaxis gossypina var. minor