胶粘香茶菜 jiao zhan xiang cha cai

Rabdosia glutinosa C. Y. Wu & H. W. Li, Fl. Yunnan. 1: 788. 1977.

Shrubs 0.7-1.5 m. Stems and branches gray, subglabrous; branchlets purplish, densely puberulent, glandular. Petiole 2.5-14 mm; leaf blade truncate-ovate to subcircular, 0.7-2 × 0.6-2.1 cm, papery, glandular puberulent, base rounded, margin crenate-serrate, apex obtuse to acute. Racemes terminal on upper branchlets, forming a complex panicle, puberulent, glandular; cymes lax, many flowered; floral leaves subsessile, gradually reduced upward, margin entire. Pedicel 3-5 mm. Calyx campanulate, ca. 3 × 3.5 mm, densely glandular puberulent, glandular, slightly 2-lipped; teeth subequal, ovate, ca. 1/2 as long as calyx; fruiting calyx dilated to ca. 5 mm. Corolla purplish, ca. 7 mm, tube ca. as long as calyx, upper and lower lips ca. 4 mm. Stamens included. Style much exserted. Nutlets unknown.

* Grassy slopes; 2000-2300 m. Sichuan, Yunnan.