Botanical name: Jacobaea analoga    Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Senecio chrysanthemoides, Senecio laetus, Senecio scapiformis

Himalayan Golden Daisy is a tall perennial herb reaching 2 m in height, carrying large cluster of golden daisy-like flowers. Flower-heads are yellow, 1.2-1.8 cm across, in large spreading branch-end corymbs. Ray florets are 10-12, 3-toothed, and the central disk is darker in color. Involucre bracts are 10-12, oblong, acute, often tipped dark brown to black. The plant is hairless below, hairy above, grooved, much branched. Alternately arranged leaves are 15-25 cm long, pinnately divided into toothed lobes, terminal lobe largest, irregularly lobed and toothed, basal lobes stem clasping, upper leaves smaller. achenes 2 mm long, strongly ribbed, pappus white. Himalayan Golden Daisy is found in the Himalayas, Afghanistan to S. Central China and Indo-China, at altitudes of 2400-4000 m. Flowering: August-September.

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