Syncalathium kawaguchii (Kitam.) Y.Ling

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Syncalathium

Characteristics

Herbs 1-5 cm tall, rosulate, acaulescent to subacaulescent. Taproot slender. Rosette leaves petiolate; petiole 2-3 cm, wings sometimes dentate; leaf blade often dark purple, ovate, oblanceolate, or elliptic, 1.5-3 × 0.5-2 cm, undivided to basally lyrately pinnate, glabrous to white villous, base cuneate, margin shallowly to coarsely dentate, apex rounded to obtuse. Synflorescence flat conical, 2-6 cm in diam., with some to numerous capitula. Capitula with 3 florets. Involucre narrowly cylindric, 7-9 × 2-3 mm. Phyllaries 3 or 4, lanceolate, abaxially glabrous or white villous, apex obtuse. Florets purple, ligule 5-7 mm. Anthers 2.5-4 mm. Achene brown, obconical, ca. 3 mm, compressed, apex truncate. Pappus 6-8 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun-Oct. 2n = 16*.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Syncalathium kawaguchii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:251997-1
WFO ID wfo-0000047090
COL ID 7B7DP
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Synonyms

Syncalathium kawaguchii Lactuca kawaguchii Syncalathium pilosum Syncalathium sukaczevii Syncalathium sukaczevii var. pilosum Syncalathium sukaczevii var. sukaczevii Syncalathium sukaczevii var. pilosum