bracts

scarious bracts; a scarious tongue.

干膜质片；干鳞状舌

Bracts linear to linear-lanceolate, 8--20 × as long as wide, apex acuminate or cirrose.

片线形到线状披针形，8-20*倍于宽，先端渐尖或有卷须。(7

In the daisy family the numerous bracts which subtend the inflorescence are known as an involucre.

在菊科植物中，片数目多而聚生在花序，为总。

Nectaries 2--3 mm; style lobes 2--3 mm; bracts not cirrose at apex.

蜜腺2--3毫米；花柱裂片2--3毫米；片而不是有卷须在先端。(18

Leaf blade narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, margin spiniform dentate; bracts of cupule subulate, ligulate, or linear, often reflexed.

片狭椭圆形披针形到卵状披针形，边缘具牙齿；钻形，舌状壳片，或线形，通常反折。(3

Rhizome long and thin or shortly nodulose; leaf blade ternate, petiole narrow; involucral bracts petiolate; pistils and achenes with distinct style and small, usually linear stigma.

根状茎长和薄或具短小节；三出片，狭窄柄；总片具柄；雌蕊和瘦果具明显花柱和小，通常线形柱头。(8

Utricles convex abaxially, plane or slightly concave adaxially; rostra 1/8-1/5 length of kernel; seed adherent to pericarp; leaves and bracts acute but not acicular at apex.

胞果凸背面，正面平面或者稍凹；喙1/8-1/5段珠心；种子附着于果皮；和片锐尖但不是针状在先端。

Utricles convex on both sides; rostra nearly equal to length of kernel; seed free from pericarp; leaves and bracts acicular to spinulose at apex.

胞果凸两面；喙差不多等于珠心长度；种子离生果皮；对具微刺在先端针状和片。

Rachis and pedicels lanuginose or tomentose; bracts orbicular-ovate, 5–7 mm, both surfaces densely sericeous; calyx adaxially densely sericeous; leaf base subcordate.

轴和花梗被绒毛或者被绒毛；卵形片圆形，5-7毫米，两面密被绢毛；正面花萼是密被绢毛；基部近心形。