Carpesium abrotanoides, an annual, biennial herb found in
clusters or forest edges, has thick stems that stop growing at
0.5-1m in height, and the tops extend long branches in a radial
pattern. Radical leaves and lower part's on-stem leaves are 25-30cm
long, 10-15cm wide, in a broad oblong to long oblong shape, and
thin, with short hairs on both surfaces and glandular dots on back
surfaces. The radical leaves perish approximately during flowering.
Axils on the upper parts singly set yellow downward flower heads.
Bloom time: September-October. |