拟冰川翠雀花 ni bing chuan cui que hua

Stem ca. 5 cm tall, puberulent, few branched. Leaf blade 2--4 cm wide, base abruptly cuneate; primary lobes separate for at least 90% of blade radius; central lobe broadly obovate-rhombic, ca. 3 × dissected, distally dentate, apex apiculate; ultimate lobules narrowly ovate or lanceolate-linear; proximal leaves usually not withered. Corymb 5--9 cm, 2--4-flowered; rachis nearly absent; bracts leaflike. Pedicels 3.5--9 cm, densely puberulent, sparsely yellow glandular puberulent; bracteoles borne near middle of pedicel, leaflike or linear, ca. 1 cm. Sepals persistent, white, abaxially puberulent and yellow glandular puberulent; spur conic-subulate, ca. 1.9 cm, base ca. 4 mm in diam.; other sepals ca. 2 cm. Petals emarginate, adaxially yellow pilose. Staminode limb trapezoid, 2-cleft nearly to middle, sparsely yellow barbate. Filaments pilose. Carpels 5, puberulent. Fl. Aug--Sep.

* Gravelly slopes; ca. 4900 m. S Xizang (Namling Xian).