Heteropappus
Less.
Herbs, annual, biennial or perennial, usually appressed strigose-pubescent and
glandular hairy. Leaves linear, oblanceolate or spathulate; nerves indistinct. Heads
solitary or in loose terminal racemes or corymbs. Involucral bracts 2 - 3-seriate, linear-lanceolate with scarious margins. Receptacle slightly convex, foveolate. Ray florets, blue
or mauve, usually ligulate. Disc florets yellow, tubular, 5-lobed of unequal length (4
short, 1 long). Style appendages deltoid. Achenes obovate, compressed. Pappus of equal
length on all achenes.
E. Asia, Himalayas, Tibet and Iran; ca 6 species, 3 in India.
Literature. GRIERSON, A.J.C. (1964) A revision of the Aster of the Himalayan area. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 26(1): 147.
E. Asia, Himalayas, Tibet and Iran; ca 6 species, 3 in India.
Literature. GRIERSON, A.J.C. (1964) A revision of the Aster of the Himalayan area. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 26(1): 147.
KEY TO THE SPECIES
| 1a. Ray florets absent | 3. Heteropappus holohermaphroditus |
| b. Ray florets present | 2 |
| 2a. Leaves entire; involucral bracts ca 6 mm long | 2. Heteropappus gouldii |
| b. Leaves crenate; involucral bracts ca 1 cm long | 1. Heteropappus crenatifolius |
