Saussurea iceberg has dense flowers and leaves, basal leaves and cauline leaves are sessile, the leaves are oval or ovoid, with a length of 14 cm and a width of 2-3.5 cm, the tip is blunt or acute, the base is downward, the edge has sharp teeth, and both sides are hairless; The uppermost leaf bract is leaflike, membranous, pale yellow, broadly ovoid, 5.5-7 cm long and 2-7 cm wide, surrounding the raceme, with sharp teeth at the edge.

Head inflorescence 10-20, densely spherical raceme at the top of stem, without small pedicels or short pedicels. Involucre hemispherical, diameter 1 cm; The involucral bracts have 3-4 layers, the edges are all purple-brown, the apex is acute, the outer layer is sparsely villous, the outer layer is oblong, long 1. 1 cm, 5 mm wide, the middle layer and the inner layer are lanceolate, long 1.5- 1.8 cm, and 2 mm wide.

The floret is purple, with a length of 1.6 cm, a tube length of 7 mm and a eaves length of 9 mm. Achene oblong, 3 mm long. The crown hair is dirty white, with 2 layers, the outer layer is small, rough, 3 mm long, and the inner layer is long, feathery and 1.5 cm long.

Extended data

Distribution: It is distributed in shopping malls and neixiang in southern Henan, Huangshan, Xiuning, Huoshan and Jinzhai in southern Anhui, and Tianmu Mountain in Jian 'an in northwest Jian Jiang. Kaihua and Longquan in the south, Qingyuan and Suichang, Wuyishan in the north of Fujian, Lushan, Jing 'an, Xiushui, Yifeng and Jinggangshan in the north and west of Jiangxi, Luotian in the east of Hubei and Yidu in the west,

Yichang, Enshi, Yi 'en, Jianshi, Badong, Xingshan, Shennongjia and Zhuxi, from the eastern part of Hunan to Wenhengshan, Liuyang, Lingxian, Yizhang, Chengbu, Suining, Xinning, Sangzhi, Dayong, Yongshun and Taoyuan in the northwest, Hexian, Quanzhou, Xing 'an, Damiaoshan and Shanglin the south in the northeast of Guangxi.

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