*SHOW ~ Character list.

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

#2. plant: height/
       cm tall/

#3. stems: relative number/
       1. few/
       2. many/
       3. several/
       4. solitary/

#4. stem: posture/
       1. ascending/
       2. creeping/
       3. decumbent/
       4. erect/
       5. procumbent/
       6. prostrate/

#5. stem: color/
       1. green/
       2. purple/
       3. red/
       4. striate/

#6. stem: branched or not/
       1. branched/
       2. simple/

#7. stem: indumentum/
       1. glabrate/
       2. hirsute/
       3. hirsutulous/
       4. hirtellous/
       5. hispid/
       6. scabrellous/
       7. stipitate glandular/
       8. strigillose/
       9. strigose/
       10. villous/

#8. basal leaf blade: shape/
       1. elliptic/
       2. lanceolate/
       3. linear/
       4. oblanceolate/
       5. oblong/
       6. obovate/
       7. ovate/
       8. spatulate/

#9. basal leaf blade: length/
       mm/

#10. basal leaf blade: width/
       mm/

#11. basal leaf blade: indumentum/
       1. glabrate/
       2. glabrous/
       3. glandular/
       4. hirsute/
       5. pilose/
       6. scabrellous/
       7. scabrous/
       8. stipitate glandular/
       9. strigillose/
       10. strigose/
       11. villous/

#12. basal leaf blade: margin/
       1. crenate/
       2. entire/
       3. serrate/
       4. serrulate/

#13. basal leaf blade: apex/
       1. acuminate/
       2. acute/
       3. mucronate/
       4. mucronulate/
       5. obtuse/
       6. rounded/

#14. cauline leaves: petiolate or not/
       1. petiolate/
       2. sessile/

#15. cauline leaf blade: shape/
       1. elliptic/
       2. lanceolate/
       3. linear/
       4. oblanceolate/
       5. oblong/
       6. obovate/
       7. ovate/
       8. spatulate/

#16. cauline leaf blade: length/
       mm/

#17. cauline leaf blade: width/
       mm/

#18. cauline leaf blade: base/
       1. attenuate/
       2. auriculate/
       3. clasping/
       4. cuneate/
       5. rounded/

#19. cauline leaf blade: apex/
       1. acuminate/
       2. acute/
       3. mucronate/
       4. mucronulate/
       5. obtuse/
       6. rounded/

#20. capitula: number/

#21. capitula: diam./
       mm/

#22. involucre: shape/
       1. campanulate/
       2. cylindrical/
       3. hemispheric/
       4. urceolate/

#23. phyllary: shape/
       1. lanceolate/
       2. linear/
       3. oblanceolate/

#24. phyllary: length/
       mm/

#25. ray floret: color/
       1. blue/
       2. bright/
       3. lavender/
       4. lilac/
       5. orange/
       6. pale/
       7. pink/
       8. purple/
       9. red/
       10. violet/
       11. white/
       12. yellow/

#26. ray floret: length/
       mm/

#27. disk floret: color/
       1. dark/
       2. green/
       3. lilac/
       4. orange/
       5. pale/
       6. pink/
       7. purple/
       8. red/
       9. yellow/

#28. disk floret: length/
       mm/

#29. achene: color/
       1. green/
       2. straw-colored/
       3. tan/

#30. achene: shape/
       1. compressed/
       2. lanceolate/
       3. linear/
       4. oblanceolate/
       5. oblong/

#31. achene: length/
       mm/

#32. pappus: series: number/

#33. pappus: outer series: length/
       mm/

#34. pappus: inner bristle: length/
       mm/

#35. flowering/
       1. Mar/
       2. Apr/
       3. May/
       4. Jun/
       5. Jul/
       6. Aug/
       7. Sep/
       8. Oct/
       9. Nov/

#36. distribution: elevation/
       m/

#37. distribution: province/
       1. Anhui/
       2. Fujian/
       3. Gansu/
       4. Guangdong/
       5. Guangxi/
       6. Guizhou/
       7. Hainan/
       8. Hebei/
       9. Heilongjiang/
       10. Henan/
       11. Hong Kong/
       12. Hubei/
       13. Hunan/
       14. Jiangsu/
       15. Jiangxi/
       16. Jilin/
       17. Liaoning/
       18. Nei Mongol/
       19. Qinghai/
       20. Shaanxi/
       21. Shandong/
       22. Shanxi/
       23. Sichuan/
       24. Taiwan/
       25. Xinjiang/
       26. Xizang/
       27. Yunnan/
       28. Zhejiang/

#38. distribution: adjacent country/
       1. Afghanistan/
       2. India/
       3. Japan/
       4. Korea/
       5. Mongolia/
       6. Nepal/
       7. Russia/