卵叶辐花 luan ye fu hua

Annuals 5-8 cm tall, glabrous. Stems prostrate to ascending, angular, much branched from base. Leaves sessile. Basal leaves spatulate to obovate, 1.1-1.5 cm × 3-6 mm, base narrowed into a short petiole, apex rounded; veins 1-3, abaxially distinct. Stem leaves ovate, 6-12 × 4-7 mm, base rounded, apex obtuse, midvein distinct. Flowers few, usually solitary and terminal on branches. Pedicel purple, 2-4 cm. Calyx tube less than 1 mm; lobes elliptic, 2-3 mm, base narrowed, apex obtuse to rounded, midvein distinct. Corolla blue-purple, tube ca. 1 mm; lobes elliptic, 1.1-1.4 cm × 5-6 mm, apex subrounded. Nectaries white, galeate, 2-3 mm, laciniate. Stamens inserted on corolla tube; filaments 5-6 mm; anthers pale blue, ellipsoid, 2-2.5 mm. Ovary ovoid-ellipsoid, 6-8 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Sep.

* Alpine meadows; ca. 4200 m. S Xizang.