近抱茎虎耳草 jin bao jing hu er cao

Hirculus subamplexicaulis (Engler & Irmscher) Losinskaja.

Herbs perennial, ca. 30 cm tall. Stem brown pilose only at leaf axils. Basal and proximal cauline leaves caducous; median cauline leaves sessile, narrowly ovate, ca. 3 × 1.9 cm, brown pilose, base amplexicaul, apex obtuse; bracteal leaves lanceolate, ca. 1.2 × 0.5 cm, abaxially and marginally brown pilose, apex acute. Inflorescence corymbose, ca. 5.5 cm, 3-10-flowered; branches and pedicels black glandular hairy. Sepals spreading, subovate, 3-3.6 × 2-2.4 mm, adaxially black glandular hairy, veins 3, confluent or not at apex, margin membranous and glandular ciliate, apex obtuse. Petals yellow, elliptic to subobovate, 5-7.2 × 3-4 mm, base rounded, with a claw 0.8-1 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens ca. 5 mm. Ovary semi-inferior, broadly ovoid, ca. 5.3 mm; styles thick. Fl. Jul-Sep.

* Mountain valleys, rock crevices, wastelands; 2900-3900 m. NW Yunnan.