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14. Lagopsis (Bunge ex Bentham) Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans. 565. 1835.
夏至草属 xia zhi cao shu
Herbs diffuse or ascending, perennial. Leaves circular to cordate, palmately lobed or divided. Verticillasters axillary; bracteoles needlelike. Flowers small. Calyx tubular to tubular-campanulate, 5-10-veined; teeth 5, unequal, 2 slightly larger, conspicuous, spreading especially in fruit. Corolla white, yellow to brown-purple, 2-lipped; tube not hairy annulate; upper lip straight, entire or emarginate; lower lip 3-lobed, spreading, middle lobe widest and cordate. Stamens 4, small, anterior 2 longer, included; filaments short; anther cells 2, divergent. Style included, apex 2-cleft. Nutlets triquetrous, ovoid, smooth, scaly to finely netted.
Four species: mainly in N Asia, three species in China.
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Verticillasters in loose elongated spikes, not lanate; corolla white, rarely rose |
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3 Lagopsis supina |
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Verticillasters in compact, terminal, densely lanate spikes; corolla yellow to brown-purple. |
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Corolla yellow; leaves cordate, palmately lobed; terminal spikes ovoid |
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1 Lagopsis flava |
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Corolla brown-purple; leaves reniform-orbicular, palmately partite; terminal spikes oblong-ovoid |
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2 Lagopsis eriostachys |
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