*SHOW ~ Character list.

*CHARACTER LIST
#1. plant: longevity/
       1. annual/
       2. biennial/
       3. perennial/

#2. belowground: structure/
       1. adventitious roots/
       2. rhizome/
       3. taproot/

#3. rhizome: posture/
       1. ascending/
       2. creeping/
       3. repent/

#4. stems: arrangement/
       1. caespitose/
       2. solitary/

#5. stem: posture/
       1. arcuate/
       2. ascending/
       3. erect/
       4. repent/

#6. stem: length/
       cm/

#7. stem: branching/
       1. branched/
       2. unbranched/

#8. stem: lower parts: indumentum/
       1. arachnoid/
       2. cottony/
       3. glabrate/
       4. glabrous/
       5. glandular hairy/
       6. glandular pilose/
       7. lanate/
       8. lanuginous/
       9. piliferous/
       10. silky/
       11. tomentose/
       12. villous/
       13. with tentacles/

#9. stem: upper parts: indumentum/
       1. arachnoid/
       2. cottony/
       3. glabrescent/
       4. glabrous/
       5. glandular hairy/
       6. hairy/
       7. lanate/
       8. piliferous/
       9. pilose/
       10. silky/
       11. tomentose/
       12. villous/
       13. with tentacles/

#10. rosulate leaf: shape/
       1. elliptic/
       2. lanceolate/
       3. linear/
       4. oblanceolate/
       5. oblong/
       6. obovate/
       7. spatulate/

#11. rosulate leaf: length/
       mm/

#12. rosulate leaf: width/
       mm/

#13. lower leaf: persistence/
       1. caducous/
       2. persisting/
       3. withered by anthesis/

#14. middle leaf: shape/
       1. elliptic/
       2. lanceolate/
       3. ligulate/
       4. linear/
       5. oblanceolate/
       6. oblong/
       7. obovate/
       8. orbicular/
       9. spatulate/

#15. middle leaf: length/
       mm/

#16. middle leaf: width/
       mm/

#17. middle leaf: abaxial indumentum/
       1. arachnoid/
       2. cottony/
       3. glabrescent/
       4. glandular/
       5. glandular hairy/
       6. glandular pilose/
       7. lanate/
       8. pilose/
       9. scabrid/
       10. tomentose/
       11. with tentacles/

#18. middle leaf: adaxial indumentum/
       1. arachnoid/
       2. cottony/
       3. glabrate/
       4. glabrescent/
       5. glabrous/
       6. glandular/
       7. glandular hairy/
       8. glandular pilose/
       9. lanate/
       10. piliferous/
       11. pilose/
       12. scabrid/
       13. tomentose/
       14. with tentacles/

#19. middle leaf: veins: number/

#20. middle leaf: base/
       1. amplexicaul/
       2. attenuate/
       3. auriculate/
       4. cordate/
       5. cuneate/
       6. decurrent/
       7. equilateral/
       8. narrowed/
       9. rounded/

#21. middle leaf: margin/
       1. flat/
       2. recurved/
       3. revolute/
       4. sinuous/
       5. undulate/

#22. middle leaf: apex/
       1. acuminate/
       2. acute/
       3. apiculate/
       4. mucronate/
       5. mucronulate/
       6. obtuse/
       7. rounded/
       8. truncate/
       9. with cusp/

#23. uppermost leaf: shape/
       1. lanceolate/
       2. linear/
       3. oblanceolate/
       4. oblong/
       5. obovate/
       6. spatulate/
       7. subulate/

#24. capitula: number/

#25. capitula: arrangement/
       1. capitate/
       2. compound /
       3. corymbiform/
       4. glomerulate/
       5. paniculate/
       6. polycyclic/
       7. solitary/

#26. capitulum: diam./
       mm/

#27. peduncle of inflorescence: length/
       mm/

#28. involucre: shape/
       1. campanulate/
       2. cylindric/
       3. obconical/
       4. obovate/
       5. spherical/

#29. involucre: length/
       mm/

#30. involucre: width/
       mm/

#31. involucral bracts: series: number/

#32. involucral bract: color/
       1. brown/
       2. hyaline/
       3. lutescent/
       4. mauve/
       5. puce/
       6. white/
       7. yellow/

#33. external bract: color/
       1. beige/
       2. brown/
       3. fulvous/
       4. mauve/
       5. opaque/
       6. puce/
       7. purple/
       8. red/
       9. white/

#34. external bract: shape/
       1. elliptic/
       2. lanceolate/
       3. oblanceolate/
       4. oblong/
       5. obovate/
       6. oval/
       7. ovate/

#35. external bract: length/
       mm/

#36. middle bract: color/
       1. brown/
       2. hyaline/
       3. lurid/
       4. mauve/
       5. puce/
       6. purple/
       7. red/
       8. white/
       9. yellow/

#37. middle bract: shape/
       1. elliptic/
       2. lanceolate/
       3. ligulate/
       4. oblanceolate/
       5. oblong/
       6. obovate/
       7. oval/
       8. ovate/
       9. spatulate/

#38. middle bract: length/
       mm/

#39. middle bract: width/
       mm/

#40. innermost bract: shape/
       1. elliptic/
       2. lanceolate/
       3. ligulate/
       4. linear/
       5. oblanceolate/
       6. oblong/
       7. spatulate/

#41. innermost bract: claw/
       1. one-third of full length/
       2. two-fifths of full length/
       3. one-half of full length/
       4. three-fifths of full length/
       5. two-thirds of full length/
       6. three-fourths of full length/

#42. pistillate captulum: staminate florets: number/

#43. corolla: length/
       mm/

#44. achene: shape/
       1. elliptic/
       2. oblong/
       3. obovoid/

#45. achene: length/
       mm/

#46. flowering/
       1. May/
       2. Jun/
       3. Jul/
       4. Aug/
       5. Sep/
       6. Oct/
       7. Nov/

#47. fruiting/
       1. Jun/
       2. Jul/
       3. Aug/
       4. Sep/
       5. Oct/
       6. Nov/
       7. Dec/

#48. distribution: elevation/
       m/

#49. distribution: province/
       1. Anhui/
       2. Gansu/
       3. Guangdong/
       4. Guangxi/
       5. Guizhou/
       6. Hebei/
       7. Henan/
       8. Hubei/
       9. Hunan/
       10. Jiangsu/
       11. Jiangxi/
       12. Qinghai/
       13. Shaanxi/
       14. Shandong/
       15. Shanxi/
       16. Sichuan/
       17. Taiwan/
       18. Xinjiang/
       19. Xizang/
       20. Yunnan/
       21. Zhejiang/

#50. distribution: adjacent country/
       1. Bhutan/
       2. India/
       3. Japan/
       4. Kashmir/
       5. Korea/
       6. Myanmar/
       7. Nepal/
       8. Philippines/
       9. Russia/