红头紫珠 hong tou zi zhu

Callicarpa antaoensis Hayata; C. japonica Thunberg var. kotoensis (Hayata) Masamune.

Shrubs small. Branchlets with yellowish brown stellate hairs. Petiole less than 1 cm; leaf blade elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, abaxially yellowish brown stellate tomentose and small yellow glandular on veins, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate, margin serrate, apex acute, veins 7-9 pairs. Cymes ca. 4 cm across, with stellate hairs; peduncle 1-2 cm; bracts linear-lanceolate, ca. 10 X 2 mm. Calyx cup-shaped, sub-truncate. Corolla ca. 2.5 mm. Stamens 2 X as long as corolla tube. Ovary glabrous. Fl. summer.

* Near coast; ca. 100 m. Taiwan.