钻叶点地梅 zuan ye dian di mei

Androsace nepalensis Derganc.

Herbs perennial, laxly cespitose. Shoots dark brown, glabrous, internodes 7--10(--20) mm proximally, shorter distally. Leaf rosettes 0.8--1.5 cm in diam. Leaves dimorphic, sessile. Outer leaves ovate-oblong, ca. 3 mm, slightly incurved, apex rounded, ciliate on distal 1/2. Inner leaves linear to subulate-lanceolate, 6--10 X 0.6--1 mm; tapering toward base, abaxially glabrescent or sparsely short pubescent on midvein, adaxially glabrous, margin remotely ciliate near apex, apex acute. Pedicel 5--8(--10) mm, sparsely short spreading pubescent. Flowers 1 or 2, arising from rosettes. Calyx ca. 2 mm, short pubescent on ridges, parted to 1/2; lobes ovate, ciliate, margin submembranous, apex obtuse; veins 5, obscure. Corolla white, 4--4.5 mm in diam.; lobes obovate, margin entire or obscurely undulate, apex rounded. Fl. Jun.

Grassy slopes; 4400--4800 m. S Xizang [?Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, Sikkim].