根茎马先蒿 gen jing ma xian hao

Pedicularis rhizomatosa Credit: Harvard University Herbaria

Herbs perennial, less than 7 cm tall, not drying black. Rootstock slender. Stems 1 or 3, or 4, sparsely pubescent. Leaves basal; petiole to 3 cm, glabrous; leaf blade ovate-oblong, 6--11 X 3--5 mm, pinnatipartite to pinnatisect; segments 3 or 4 pairs, ovate, pinnatifid to coarsely dentate. Inflorescences capitate, ± umbel; bracts leaflike, sparsely long white pubescent. Calyx ca. 6--7 mm; tube ca. 4 mm, lobes 5, unequal. Corolla tube ca. 1 cm, glabrous; galea falcate apically; beak straight or bent slightly downward, 5--6 mm; lower lip triangular, ca. 8 X 7 mm, glandular ciliate, middle lobe broadly ovate, ca. 2.5 X 3.5--4 mm, ± hoodlike. Anterior filaments minutely pubescent. Fl. Jun, fr. Jul.

* Avalanche-disturbed slopes; ca. 3900 m. SE Xizang.