Description
Sorbet (scientific name: Ixeris polycephala Cass.) is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Compositae. The roots extend vertically and produce many fibrous roots. Stems upright, up to 80 cm tall, basal leaves survive in flowering period, leaf blades are linear or linear-lanceolate, base is arrow-shaped semi-stemmed or oblong, base is narrowed, all leaves are glabrous on both sides, margins are entire, head There are many like inflorescences, arranged in corymbs at the top of the stems and branches, and the peduncle is thin. The bracts are ovate, the inner layer is ovate-lanceolate, the tongue-like florets are yellow, rarely white, the achenes are flattened, brown, oblong, the crest is white, white, slender, slightly rough, and flowering and fruiting from March to June.
Distributed in China's Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Taiwan, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan. It is widely distributed in the Indochina Peninsula, Nepal, India, Kashmir, Bangladesh, and Japan. Grows on hillside forest margins, shrubs, grasslands, fields and roadsides at an altitude of 300-2 200 meters
