*SHOW ~ Character list. *CHARACTER LIST #1. plant: height/ cm tall/ #2. plant: longevity/ 1. annual/ 2. biennial/ 3. perennial/ #3. stem: branching/ 1. branched/ 2. unbranched/ #4. stem: winged or not/ 1. unwinged/ 2. winged/ #5. stem: indumentum/ 1. cobwebby/ 2. felted/ 3. glabrous/ 4. hirsute/ 5. villous/ 6. with bristles/ 7. with crispate hairs/ 8. with multicellular hairs/ #6. leaf color: concolorous or not/ 1. concolorous/ 2. not concolorous/ #7. leaf color: adaxially/ 1. green/ 2. pale/ 3. yellow/ #8. leaf color: abaxially/ 1. gray/ 2. green/ 3. pale/ 4. white/ 5. yellow/ #9. leaf: adaxial indumentum/ 1. bristly/ 2. glabrous/ 3. rough/ 4. smooth/ 5. with crispate hairs/ 6. with hair-tipped papillae/ 7. with multicellular hairs/ 8. with spines/ 9. with spinules/ #10. leaf: abaxial indumentum/ 1. glabrous/ 2. cobwebby/ 3. felted/ 4. smooth/ 5. with bristles/ 6. with crispate hairs/ 7. with multicellular hairs/ 8. with spinules/ #11. basal and lower cauline leaves: petiolate or sessile/ 1. petiolate/ 2. sessile/ #12. basal and lower cauline leaf petiole: length/ mm/ #13. basal and lower cauline leaf blade: shape/ 1. elliptic/ 2. lanceolate/ 3. linear/ 4. oblanceolate/ 5. obovate/ 6. ovate/ 7. triangular/ #14. basal and lower cauline leaf blade: length/ mm/ #15. basal and lower cauline leaf blade: width/ mm/ #16. basal and lower cauline leaf blade: margin/ 1. bipinnatipartite/ 2. lobulate/ 3. pinnately divided/ 4. pinnately lobed/ 5. pinnatifid/ 6. pinnatipartite/ 7. pinnatisect/ 8. toothed/ 9. undivided/ 10. with spinules/ #17. basal and lower cauline leaf segments: number of pairs/ #18. basal and lower cauline leaf segment: shape/ 1. elliptic/ 2. lanceolate/ 3. linear/ 4. orbicular/ 5. ovate/ 6. triangular/ #19. basal and lower cauline leaf segment: margin/ 1. fringed with spinules/ 2. lobulate/ 3. teeth laterally spinulose/ 4. teeth laterally spiny/ 5. teeth with apical spine/ 6. teeth with apical spinule/ 7. with spines/ #20. middle cauline leaves: sessile or petiolate/ 1. petiolate/ 2. sessile/ #21. middle cauline leaf blade: shape/ 1. elliptic/ 2. lanceolate/ 3. linear/ 4. oblanceolate/ 5. obovate/ 6. ovate/ 7. triangular/ #22. middle cauline leaf blade: length/ mm/ #23. middle cauline leaf blade: width/ mm/ #24. middle cauline leaf blade: margin/ 1. bipinnatipartite/ 2. dentate/ 3. entire/ 4. pinnately divided/ 5. pinnatifid/ 6. pinnatipartite/ 7. pinnatisect/ 8. toothed/ 9. undivided/ 10. with spines/ 11. with spinules/ #25. middle cauline leaf blade segments: number of pairs/ #26. upper cauline leaf blade: shape/ 1. elliptic/ 2. lanceolate/ 3. linear/ 4. oblanceolate/ 5. obovate/ 6. ovate/ 7. triangular/ #27. upper cauline leaf segments: number of pairs/ #28. upper cauline leaf segment: shape/ 1. elliptic/ 2. lanceolate/ 3. orbicular/ 4. ovate/ 5. triangular/ #29. inflorescence: type/ 1. capitula/ 2. corymbose/ 3. glomerate/ 4. paniculate/ 5. racemose/ #30. involucre: shape/ 1. campanulate/ 2. ellipsoid/ 3. globose/ 4. hemispherical/ 5. ovoid/ #31. involucre: diam./ mm/ #32. phyllaries: number of rows/ #33. outer phyllary: length/ mm/ #34. outer phyllary: width/ mm/ #35. outer phyllary: margin/ 1. ciliate/ 2. pectinately fringed/ 3. spinulose/ 4. spiny/ 5. toothed/ 6. winged/ #36. outer phyllary: basal portion: shape/ 1. elliptic/ 2. lanceolate/ 3. linear/ 4. ovate/ 5. triangular/ #37. outer phyllary: apical portion: shape/ 1. acute/ 2. narrowed into acumen/ 3. narrowed into spine/ 4. narrowed into spinule/ 5. subulate/ #38. inner phyllaries: shape/ 1. elliptic/ 2. lanceolate/ 3. linear/ 4. subulate/ 5. triangular/ #39. inner phyllaries: length/ mm/ #40. inner phyllaries: width/ mm/ #41. florets: sexuality/ 1. bisexual/ 2. unisexual/ #42. corolla: color/ 1. pink/ 2. purple/ 3. red/ 4. white/ 5. yellow/ #43. corolla: length/ mm/ #44. corolla tube: length/ mm/ #45. achene: color/ 1. brown/ 2. dark/ 3. gray/ 4. yellow/ #46. achene: length/ mm/ #47. pappus bristle: color/ 1. brown/ 2. dark/ 3. dirty/ 4. pale/ 5. white/ 6. yellow/ #48. pappus bristle: length/ mm/ #49. flowering/ 1. Apr/ 2. May/ 3. Jun/ 4. Jul/ 5. Aug/ 6. Sep/ 7. Oct/ 8. Nov/ #50. fruiting/ 1. Apr/ 2. May/ 3. Jun/ 4. Jul/ 5. Aug/ 6. Sep/ 7. Oct/ 8. Nov/ #51. distribution: elevation/ m/ #52. distribution: province/ 1. Anhui/ 2. Chongqing/ 3. Fujian/ 4. Gansu/ 5. Guangdong/ 6. Guangxi/ 7. Guizhou/ 8. Hebei/ 9. Heilongjiang/ 10. Henan/ 11. Hubei/ 12. Hunan/ 13. Jiangsu/ 14. Jiangxi/ 15. Jilin/ 16. Liaoning/ 17. Nei Mongol/ 18. Ningxia/ 19. Qinghai/ 20. Shaanxi/ 21. Shandong/ 22. Shanxi/ 23. Sichuan/ 24. Taiwan/ 25. Xinjiang/ 26. Xizang/ 27. Yunnan/ 28. Zhejiang/ #53. distribution: adjacent country/ 1. Afghanistan/ 2. Bhutan/ 3. India/ 4. Japan/ 5. Kashmir/ 6. Kazakhstan/ 7. Korea/ 8. Kyrgyzstan/ 9. Mongolia/ 10. Nepal/ 11. Pakistan/ 12. Russia/ 13. Turkmenistan/ 14. Uzbekistan/