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37. Rhodiola kirilowii (Regel) Maximowicz, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans. 9: 422. 1859.

狭叶红景天 xia ye hong jing tian

Sedum kirilowii Regel in Regel & Tiling, Fl. Ajan. 92. in adnot, no. 114. 1858; Rhodiola kirilowii var. latifolia S. H. Fu; R. linearifolia Borissova; R. longicaulis (Praeger) S. H. Fu; R. macrolepis (Franchet) S. H. Fu; R. robusta (Praeger) S. H. Fu; Sedum kirilowii var. altum Fröderström; S. kirilowii var. linifolium Regel & Schmalhausen; S. kirilowii var. rubrum Praeger; S. longicaule Praeger; S. macrolepis Franchet; S. robustum Praeger.

Roots erect, thick. Caudex 1.5-2.5 cm in diam. Caudex leaves scalelike, lanceolate, ovate, or triangular. Flowering stems few, (10-)15-60(-90) cm × 4-6 mm, densely leafy. Stem leaves alternate or subverticillate, sessile, linear to linear-lanceolate, (1.5-)4-6 × 0.2-1.5 cm, margin sparsely serrulate, sometimes entire, rarely shallowly serrate. Flowers unisexual, sometimes bixexual, male ones unequally 4- or 5-merous. Sepals linear, oblong, or triangular, 1.5-3 mm, apex acute to acuminate. Petals green, greenish yellow, or red, linear-lanceolate, oblanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, broadly oblong, or obovate, 3-4 × ca. 0.8 mm. Stamens 8 or 10, 2-2.5(-5) mm, equaling or slightly longer than petals; filaments and anthers yellow. Nectar scales oblong, spatulate-subquadrangular, subquadrangular, or ovate, apex obtuse to emarginate. Carpels erect. Follicles lanceolate, 7-8 mm, apical beak recurved, short. Seeds oblong-lanceolate, ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. May-Sep.

Forest margins, grassy slopes, often in partial shade; 2000-5600 m. Gansu, Hebei, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan [Kazakhstan, Myanmar].


 

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