Saussurea maximowiczii is
a perennial herb inhabiting damp places around marshes or grasslands
in hilly districts, its stems standing 0.5-1.5m. Radical leaves with
long petioles still are alive during flowering time, and on-stem
leaves are of alternate phyllotaxis, in the shape of a long oblong,
11-30cm in length, and are pinnatipartite. Shoot apexes bear corymbs
in which many red-purple flowers come; the flower heads measure
approximately 1cm in diameter; involucres are tubular, 1-1.4cm long.
Bloom time: September-October. |