Botanical name: Myriactis nepalensis    Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Dichrocephala leveillei, Myriactis javanica var. diengensis

Nepal Myriactis is a perennial herb, usually robust, up to 1 m tall. Flower-heads are spherical or hemispherical, 1-1.5 cm, solitary or numerous, in lax corymbs or corymb-like clusters. Ray florets are female, in many series, rounded. Ray florets are smaller than the disc florets, and the flower-heads deceptively look like rounded, ray-less heads. Disc florets are tubular, with broadly bell-shaped limb, 4-toothed, tube puberulent. Stems are erect, branched from middle or the base, branches rising, stems and branches hairless. Middle stem leaves are elliptic or ovate- elliptic, 4-10 X 2.5-4.5 cm, margin coarsely toothed, base maerging into winged stalks. Leaf stalks expanded and contracted at base. Basal and lower leaves are large, sometimes lobed or parted, lateral lobes 1-2-paired, stalks up to 10 cm, upper leaves gradually smaller, elliptic or long lanceshaped. Nepal Myriactis is found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to SW China, and SE Asia, at altitudes of 1400-3900 m. Flowering: April-November.

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