绵毛丛菔 mian mao cong fu

Herbs 2-8 cm tall, densely lanate, with trichomes to 1.5 mm; caudex with some petiolar remains of previous years. Petioles of basal leaves 0.5-2 cm, antrorsely lanate, papery, persistent, often ciliate at least basally; leaf blade broadly spatulate, oblong, or obovate, 1.2-4 × (0.5-)0.7-1.7 cm, antrorsely lanate, base cuneate or attenuate, apex rounded or obtuse. Cauline leaves absent. Flowers not seen. Fruiting pedicels solitary, erect or ascending, 1.5-3.5 cm. Ovules 10-20 per ovary. Fruit lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, 1.8-3.2 × 0.7-1.5 cm; valves sparsely to densely lanate, prominently reticulate veined; septum complete; style 0.5-2 mm; stigma entire or slightly lobed. Seeds biseriate, broadly ovate or suborbicular, rugose, 2-3.5 × 1.5-3 mm. Fr. Aug-Oct.

* Grasslands, meadows; 4000-5000 m. Xizang.