Table 1.

Comparison of Synotis panzhouensis and S. nayongensis.

Characters	Synotis panzhouensis	S. nayongensis
Indumentum of vegetative stem	densely white to ferruginous setulose	sparsely pubescent, glabrescent to glabrous
Petioles	1–1.5 cm	petiole 1–2.5 cm
Leaf blades	adaxially green or purple	adaxially green
Flowering stem	fulvous tomentose, not glabrescent	thinly tomentose, glabrescent
Involucres	7–8 × 3–4 mm	5–6 × 2–2.5 mm
Phyllaries	(7) 8, 7–8 × 2–3 mm, green, not veined	5, 5–6 × 1–1.5 mm, white, apex green, conspicuously 3–5-veined
Disk florets	8–11, deep yellow, lamina yellow	4–5, yellowish, lamina yellow-whitish, apex green when young
Anthers	red-purple	yellow-whitish
Achenes	ca. 2 mm long	ca. 4 mm long
Pappus	red-purple	white