Jurinea cooperi
Anthony in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 18: 21. 1933.
Herbs, perennial, stemless; roots long, woody, branched. Radical leaves rosulate,
lanceolate or oblanceolate, runcinate-pinnatifid, 9 - 15 x 4 - 7 cm; lobes, irregular,
denticulate, shortly mucronate, upper surface green, scabrid, white tomentose beneath;
petiole 1 - 3 cm long hispid. Heads many (4-10), sessile, crowded ca 2 cm across.
Involucral bracts ca 5-seriate, margins of upper halves hispid; outer lanceolate, acute, 1 - 2
cm long, 4 mm broad; inner narrowly lanceolate, ca 2 cm long, 2 mm broad, obtuse.
Receptacular bristles subulate, 3 - 5 mm long. Florets purple, ca 2 cm long; corolla tube
1.5 cm long; limb 5 mm long. Achenes (immature) quadrangular, ca 4 mm long. Pappus
multi seriate, almost plumose, white, ca 2 cm long.
Fl. & Fr. Aug. - Sept.
Distrib. India: E. Himalayas, ca 4,3000 m, amongst rocky boulders. Sikkim.
China and Tibet.
Notes. Some authors treat this species as Diplazoptiloll cooperi (Anth.) Shih.
Fl. & Fr. Aug. - Sept.
Distrib. India: E. Himalayas, ca 4,3000 m, amongst rocky boulders. Sikkim.
China and Tibet.
Notes. Some authors treat this species as Diplazoptiloll cooperi (Anth.) Shih.