鹿茸草 lu rong cao

Bungea sheareri S. Moore, J. Bot. 13: 229. 1875.

Annuals (?), sparsely woolly below middle, apically pubescent to subglabrous and green. Leaves subalternate apically on stem; leaf blade linear or linear-lanceolate, usually 2-3 cm X 2-3 mm, ca. 2 X 1 mm below. Pedicel 2-5 mm. Calyx cylindric; tube 4-5 mm, after flowering inflated to 6-10 mm and 4-winged; lobes 4, 8-10 X 1-1.5 mm, subequal, after flowering to 1.4-2 cm X ca. 3 mm. Corolla purplish; tube ca. 5 mm. Stamens included to scarcely exserted. Capsule 6-8 X 3-5 mm.

Sandy mountain slopes, grassland; above 100 m. Anhui, Guangxi, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang [Japan].