Botanical name: Psychrogeton andryaloides    Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Conyza andryaloides, Erigeron andryaloides, Diplopappus andryaloides

Lahaul Fleabane is a perennial clustered herb with a strong woody rhizome and reaching a height of 3-19 cm. Stems are 4-8 cm long, wavy-hairy, sometimes glandular; basal leaves are stalked, lanceshaped to lanceshaped, 2.5-6 cm long, entire, wavy or even coarsely toothed, pointed or blunt at the tip; stem leaves are small, linear, sometimes completely falling off. Flower-heads are single, reaching a diameter of about 2 cm; bracts are broadly cylindrical, bracts in 2-3 rows, linear, up to 8 mm long, hairy. Ray flowers are whitish, up to 4 mm long. The fruit is an acorn with white fluff. Lahaul Fleabane is native to Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, West Himalaya, at altitudes of 3000-6000 m.

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