沟繁缕虎耳草 gou fan lu hu er cao

Herbs perennial, 2-6 cm tall. Stem slender, glabrous. Basal leaves aggregated into a rosette; leaf blade spatulate, ca. 3 × 0.9-1 mm, subcarnose, both surfaces glabrous, distal margin sparsely setose-ciliate. Cauline leaves lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 2.3-3.5 × 0.5 mm, subcarnose, glabrous or distally glandular ciliate, apex subobtuse. Flower solitary; pedicel slender, 0.9-1.6 cm, glabrous. Sepals reflexed, subelliptic, ca. 2 × 1 mm, subcarnose, glabrous, veins 3, not, partly, or fully confluent at apex, apex obtuse. Petals yellow, elliptic to suboblong, 4.5-5 × 1.9-3 mm, not callose, 3-veined, base gradually narrowed into a claw ca. 0.2 mm, apex acute. Stamens 3-3.5 mm. Ovary superior, ellipsoid, ca. 2 mm; styles ca. 0.6 mm. Fl. May-Aug.

* Rock crevices; 3000-4700 m. SW Sichuan, NW Yunnan.