川西虎耳草 chuan xi hu er cao

Hirculus dielsianus (Engler & Irmscher) Losinskaja.

Herbs 12-15 cm tall. Stem brown pilose. Basal leaves aggregated into a rosette; leaf blade spatulate, 1.7-2.2 cm × 7.5-8.5 mm, both surfaces and margin brown glandular hairy, margin entire, apex acute. Cauline leaves spatulate to subobovate, 1.5-1.9 × 0.9-1.2 cm, both surfaces and margin brown glandular hairy, margin 4- or 5-dentate on proximal leaves, entire on distal leaves, apex acute. Inflorescence ca. 10 cm, up to 31-flowered; branches 2.1-5.7 cm, brown glandular hairy, 2- or 3-flowered; pedicels 3-5 mm, brown glandular hairy. Sepals suberect, lanceolate, 5-5.2 × 1.5-1.7 mm, brown glandular hairy, veins 5 or 6, confluent into a verruca at apex, apex acute. Petals yellow, sublanceolate to suboblong, ca. 7 × 2.5 mm, 2-callose, 5- or 6-veined, base abruptly narrowed into a claw ca. 0.7 mm, apex obtuse or acute. Stamens 3.5-4.5 mm. Ovary superior, ovoid, ca. 2 mm; styles ca. 1.3 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.

* Rock crevices; 2100-2600 m. W Sichuan (Kangding Xian), NW Yunnan (Gongshan Drung-Nu Zu Zizhixian).