施氏马先蒿 shi shi ma xian hao

Herbs low, 6--10 cm tall. Roots fibrous. Stems prostrate, several, branching basally. Leaves alternate; petiole 1--1.5 cm, densely reddish ciliate; leaf blade broadly ovate, 1.5--2 X 1.5--2 cm, pinnatifid; segments 4 or 5 pairs, anterior linear, posterior triangular, apex obtuse, incised-dentate. Flowers alternate; bracts leaflike. Pedicel erect, 0.5--2 cm. Calyx campanulate, 1/2 cleft anteriorly; tube membranous, white villous; lobes 5, unequal, leaflike. Corolla pale rose, ca. 1.8 cm; tube 7--8 mm, slightly exceeding calyx; galea curved apically, pubescent abaxially, marginally 2-toothed; beak filiform, ca. 7 mm; lower lip longer than galea, ciliate; middle lobe emarginate. Filaments pubescent, anterior pair more densely so. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug--Sep.

* Grassy openings in Pinus forests; 2400--3100 m. C and NW Yunnan.