Leaf blade oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, 3-6cm long, sparse up to 10cm, 0.8-2cm wide, sparse up to 5cm, apex obtuse or pointed, margins from the middle upwards with small pointed obtuse or cuspidate teeth, or pinnate lobes, sparsely puberulent or subglabrous on both surfaces or upper surfaces, thinly plasmodial; the upper leaves are small, sessile, entire.

Malan head is also known as Malan, red stalked cabbage, chicken intestine, field chrysanthemum, purple chrysanthemum, crape myrtle head grass, etc., belongs to the daisy family Malan genus perennial herbaceous plants. Malan head is originally a wild species, born on the roadside, fields, slopes, most parts of the country are distributed. There are two kinds of Malan head, red stem and green stem, both edible, medicinal use of red stem Malan head is better. Due to the relationship between Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival, some places still retain the custom of eating cold food at Qingming Festival. In Zhejiang eat Malan head and other seasonal vegetables, is to take its "green" word, in order to "Qingming" of the "green".