TABLE 1. Morphological comparisons between Youngia kangdingensis and Y. pilifera based on their protologues.

Character		Youngia kangdingensis	Youngia pilifera
	height	7–14 cm	8–30 cm
Stem	surface	glabrous or sparsely pubescent beneath the flower heads	sericeous below, glabrous above
	shape	undivided, linear-lanceolate or linear, or pinnatipartite to pinnatisect	undivided, elliptic, ovate-elliptic, broadly ovate, or orbicular, or lyrately pinnatipartite
Basal leaves	size	0.9–2 × 0.5 cm	0.7–3 × 0.6–1.5 cm
	surface	papillose-hairy	hirtellous
	petiole	0.5 cm long	1–1.8 cm long
Capitulum	number	3–5	few
Floret	number	ca. 15	ca. 11
Involucre	length	8 mm long	8–10 mm long
Pappus	length	5.4 mm long	5 mm long