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 in the flowering time. Axils on the upper parts singly
set yellow downward flower heads. Bloom time: September-October. |