9. Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE

Herbs, perennial, 7–25 cm tall; stems erect, solitary, unbranched,
somewhat scapelike, densely villous. Leaves in basal
rosettes and scattered along stems; basal leaves: petiole 2–6 cm;
leaf blade elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 2–7.5 × 1–2.5 cm, 2-pinnatisect,
abaxially densely or sparsely villous, adaxially glabrous
or nearly so; primary lateral segments 4–11-paired; ultimate
segments linear, triangular-lanceolate, or falcate. Stem
leaves few, similar to basal leaves, small; uppermost stem
leaves pinnatifid. Synflorescence a terminal flat-topped cluster.
Capitula 6–11; peduncles ca. 2 mm, villous or pubescent. Involucres
campanulate, ca. 5 mm in diam.; phyllaries in 4 rows,
rigidly herbaceous, glossy, yellow-white, scarious margin pale
brown or white, outer phyllaries lanceolate, ca. 4 mm; middle
and inner ones narrowly elliptic, elliptic-oblanceolate, or oblanceolate,
4.5–5 mm. Achenes ca. 2 mm, with a ± distinct apical
rim. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct.
● Alpine meadows; 3300–4000 m. Sichuan, Yunnan.
4. Hippolytia yunnanensis (Jeffrey) C. Shih, Acta Phytotax.
Sin. 17(4): 65. 1979.
云南女蒿 yun nan nü hao
Tanacetum yunnanense Jeffrey, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard.
Edinburgh 5: 188. 1912; Chrysanthemum yunnanense (Jeffrey)
Handel-Mazzetti.
Herbs, perennial, 27–40 cm tall; stems erect, stout, upper
parts corymbosely branched, red-purple, gray-white below
synflorescence, densely villous, progressively sparsely villous
toward base. Leaves in basal rosettes and scattered along stems;
basal leaves: petiole to 13 cm; leaf blade elliptic or narrowly
elliptic, 5–12 × 3–6 cm, 3-pinnatisect, abaxially villous, adaxially
glabrescent or glabrous; primary lateral segments 11–14paired;
ultimate segments linear; stem leaves similar to basal
leaves. Synflorescence a terminal ± flat-topped panicle or compound
panicle. Capitula many, branches densely villous. Involucres
cuneate or cuneate-campanulate, ca. 5 mm in diam.;
phyllaries in 3 rows, abaxially sparsely villous, scarious margin
dark brown, outer phyllaries lanceolate, ca. 3.5 mm, middle and
inner ones lanceolate, oblanceolate, or narrowly elliptic, 3.5–4
mm, abaxially glabrous. Florets yellow, ca. 3 mm. Fl. Jun–Sep.
● Alpine meadows; 3400–4000 m. Yunnan.
5. Hippolytia herderi (Regel & Schmalhausen) Poljakov, Bot.
Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 18: 289.
1957.
新疆女蒿 xin jiang nü hao
Tanacetum herderi Regel & Schmalhausen, Trudy Imp. S.-
Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 169. 1878; Hippolytia leucophylla
(Regel) Poljakov; T. leucophyllum Regel.
Herbs, perennial, 10–30 cm tall; stems erect or ascending,
with short flowering branches toward apex, sparsely pubescent,
or glabrescent. Leaves in basal rosettes and scattered along
stems; basal leaves and leaves on vegetative branches: petiole
3–5 cm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic or ovate, 2–4 × 1–1.5 cm,
2-pinnatisect, both surfaces gray-white, pubescent; primary lateral
segments 2–4-paired; ultimate segments narrowly elliptic.
ANTHEMIDEAE
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Stem leaves similar to basal leaves, shortly petiolate. Synflorescence
a terminal dense or lax flat-topped cyme. Capitula 3–
10. Involucre broadly cuneate or hemispheric, ca. 1 cm in diam.;
phyllaries in 3 rows, abaxially sparsely pubescent, scarious
margin broad, dark brown, outer phyllaries lanceolate, ca. 2
mm, middle and inner ones narrowly elliptic, 5–6 mm. Florets
yellow, ca. 3.5 mm. Fl. Sep.
Mountain regions, meadows; ca. 2500 m. Xinjiang (Xinyuan)
[Kazakhstan].
6. Hippolytia senecionis (Jacquemont ex Besser) Poljakov ex
Tzvelev in Schischkin & Bobrov, Fl. URSS 26: 414. 1961.
普兰女蒿 pu lan nü hao
Artemisia senecionis Jacquemont ex Besser, Bull. Soc.
Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 9: 75. 1836; Tanacetum senecionis
(Jacquemont ex Besser) J. Gay ex Candolle.
Herbs, perennial, ca. 12 cm tall; stem solitary, gray-white,
appressed pubescent especially below capitula. Leaves in basal
rosettes and scattered along stems; basal leaves: petiole 0.8–1.5
cm; leaf blade ovate, ca. 1.2 × 1 cm, 2-pinnatisect, both surfaces
gray, densely pubescent; primary lateral segments 3-paired; ultimate
segments narrowly elliptic. Stem leaves similar to basal
leaves, few; leaves below synflorescence pinnatifid. Synflorescence
a terminal flat-topped cyme, ca. 2 cm in diam. Capitula
ca. 6; peduncle densely lanate. Involucres cuneate-campanulate,
5–6 mm in diam.; phyllaries in 4 rows, abaxially lanate, scarious
margin dark brown, outer phyllaries lanceolate, ca. 4 mm,
middle ones narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, 5–5.5 mm,
abaxially pubescent, inner ones similar but abaxially glabrous.
Florets yellow, ca. 3.5 mm. Fl. Aug.
Desert steppes; 2000–3700 m. W Xizang (Burang) [India].
7. Hippolytia tomentosa (Candolle) Tzvelev in Schischkin &
Bobrov, Fl. URSS 26: 416. 1961.
灰叶女蒿 hui ye nü hao
Tanacetum tomentosum Candolle, Prodr. 6: 130. 1838.
Herbs, perennial; stems solitary or fascicled, ca. 9 cm tall,
erect, gray-white, appressed pubescent especially near capitula.
Basal leaves with petiole 1–1.5 mm; leaf blade ovate, ca. 1.3 ×
1 cm, both surfaces gray-white, densely pubescent, 2-pinnatisect;
primary lateral segments 2- or 3-paired; ultimate segments
narrowly elliptic. Stem leaves similar to basal leaves; leaves
below synflorescence pinnatisect. Capitula 4–6, in apical dense
corymb, pedunculate; peduncle very short, densely lanate or
villous. Involucres campanulate, ca. 7 mm in diam.; phyllaries
in 3 rows, abaxially villous, margin dark brown or pale brown
scarious, outer ones lanceolate, ca. 4 mm, middle and inner
ones elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 3–5 mm. Florets yellow, ca.
3.5 mm. Fl. Jun.
Deserts; 3500–3700(–4700) m. Xizang [Kashmir].
8. Hippolytia glomerata C. Shih, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(4): 67.
1979.
团伞女蒿 tuan san nü hao