9. Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE

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Herbs, perennial, stemless; taproot long. Leaves in a single
dense basal rosette around synflorescence; leaf blade narrowly
ovate, elliptic, or narrowly elliptic, 1–1.5 × 0.5–0.8 cm, 2-pinnatisect,
both surfaces densely villous; primary lateral segments
2–4-paired; ultimate segments narrowly elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate.
Synflorescence a dense hemispheric glomerule, ca. 2
cm in diam. Capitula many. Involucres cuneate-campanulate,
ca. 6 mm in diam.; phyllaries in 3 rows, abaxially villous, scarious
margin dark brown; outer phyllaries lanceolate, 5–7 mm,
middle and inner ones oblanceolate, 4–5 mm. Florets yellow,
ca. 3.5 mm. Fl. Aug.
● Alpine meadows; ca. 4600 m. Xizang (Nyêmo).
9. Hippolytia syncalathiformis C. Shih, Acta Phytotax. Sin.
17(4): 66. 1979.
合头女蒿 he tou nü hao
Herbs, perennial, stemless; taproot long. Leaves in a
single dense basal rosette around synflorescence; petiole 0.7–
1.7 cm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, 0.5–1 × 0.3–0.5 cm, 3–7pinnatisect,
abaxially densely villous, adaxially sparsely villous
or subglabrescent; segments linear; sometimes leaves linear and
entire. Synflorescence a dense hemispheric glomerule ca. 2 cm
in diam. Capitula many. Involucres cuneate-campanulate, ca. 6
mm in diam.; phyllaries in 3 rows, herbaceous, abaxially villous,
scarious margin dark brown, outer phyllaries lanceolate,
5–7 mm, middle and inner ones oblanceolate, 4–5 mm. Florets
yellow, ca. 3 mm. Fl. Sep.
● Alpine meadows, rocky slopes; 4500–5500 m. Xizang.
10. Hippolytia gossypina (C. B. Clarke) C. Shih, Acta Phytotax.
Sin. 17(4): 67. 1979.
棉毛女蒿 mian mao nü hao
Tanacetum gossypinum C. B. Clarke, Compos. Ind. 154.
1876.
ANTHEMIDEAE
Cushion plants, ca. 7 cm tall. Leafy shoots densely compact,
with dense overlapping leaves. Leaves inconspicuously
petiolate; leaf blade spatulate, 1–1.2 × 0.35–0.7 cm, white or
gray-white, both surfaces densely long lanate, apex truncate or
rounded, 3–6-divided. Capitula 10, in a dense corymb ca. 2.5
cm in diam. at apices of branches. Involucres cuneate, ca. 6 mm
in diam.; phyllaries in 3 rows, outer ones linear, ca. 7 mm,
abaxially densely long lanate, middle and inner ones oblanceolate,
ca. 5 mm, abaxially lanate above middle part or at upper
part in inner ones. Florets yellow, ca. 3 mm. Fl. Aug–Oct.
Deserts, alpine gravel heaps, exposed rocks at mountain summits;
4500–5400 m. Xizang (Yadong) [Bhutan, India, Nepal].
11. Hippolytia kennedyi (Dunn) Y. Ling, Acta Phytotax. Sin.
17(4): 67. 1979.
垫状女蒿 dian zhuang nü hao
Tanacetum kennedyi Dunn, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922:
117. 1922; Chrysanthemum kennedyi (Dunn) Kitamura.
Cushion plants, dense, 2–4 cm tall, with long thick roots;
stems much branched, branches with dense thick leaf remnants.
Leaves in dense rosettes at or near ground level; petiole 0.5–1.2
cm; leaf blade orbicular or flabelliform, 0.2–0.4 × 0.3–0.6 cm,
biternately palmatisect or 2-pinnatisect, both surfaces densely
dirty yellow, gray-white villous, or lanate. Synflorescence a
large, dense, hemispheric glomerule, ca. 10 cm in diam. Capitula
many; peduncle ca. 4 mm, densely villous. Involucres cuneate,
ca. 7 mm in diam.; phyllaries in 3 rows, abaxially villous,
especially in outer and middle ones, scarious margin dark
brown, outer phyllaries lanceolate, ca. 4 mm, middle ones narrowly
elliptic, ca. 3.5 mm, inner ones oblanceolate, ca. 3 mm.
Florets yellow, ca. 3.5 mm. Achenes ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. and fr.
Aug–Sep.
Gravelly places of alpine deserts; 4700–5200 m. Xizang [India].
The whole plant is used medicinally for treating laryngitis.
162. KASCHGARIA Poljakov, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk
S.S.S.R. 18: 282. 1957.
喀什菊属 ka shi ju shu
Shi Zhu (石铸 Shih Chu); Christopher J. Humphries, Michael G. Gilbert
Subshrubs; indumentum of stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, sessile, margin entire or at least apically parted. Synflorescences
cymose; capitula in dense panicles or clusters, rather small, heterogamous, disciform. Involucres ovoid cupular; phyllaries in 2–4
rows. Receptacle convex, epaleate. Marginal florets 3–5, female, fertile; corolla pitcher-shaped, tapering above, apex 2- or 3-toothed.
Disk florets many, bisexual; corolla tubular, apex 5-lobed, with scattered stellate hairs at apex. Anther bases obtuse; apical appendage
lanceolate. Style branches linear, apex truncate. Achenes obovoid, obtusely angular, upper part striate. Corona absent.
Two species: China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia; two species in China.
1a. Fertile shoots with long declined branchlets; leaves narrowly lanceolate to linear, 1.7–5 mm wide,
margin usually entire, occasionally 3-parted ................................................................................................. 1. K. brachanthemoides
1b. Fertile shoots with short branchlets; leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, 7–15 mm wide, apex 3–5-partite,
rarely pinnatisect ......................................................................................................................................................... 2. K. komarovii
1. Kaschgaria brachanthemoides (C. Winkler) Poljakov, Bot.
Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 18: 283.
1957.
密枝喀什菊 mi zhi ka shi ju
Artemisia brachanthemoides C. Winkler, Trudy Imp. S.-
Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9: 422. 1886; Tanacetum brachanthemoides
(C. Winkler) Krascheninnikov.
Subshrubs, ca. 50 cm tall; old branches grayish, year-old