龙胜香茶菜 long sheng xiang cha cai

Rabdosia lungshengensis C. Y. Wu & H. W. Li, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 66: 592. 1977.

Herbs perennial. Stems erect-ascending, 20-50 cm, straw colored, very densely puberulent. Petiole 5-8 mm; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate to oblong, 5.5-7.5 × 1.5-2 cm, papery, adaxially sparsely minutely hispid, densely puberulent on veins, abaxially minutely yellowish glandular, sparsely minutely hispid on veins, base narrowly cuneate, margin coarsely serrate above middle, apex long acuminate, lateral veins 3- or 4-paired. Racemes terminal and axillary, densely pubescent, in panicles 2.5-10 × 2-5 cm; cymes pedunculate, 1-3-flowered; floral leaves narrowly lanceolate, 1-2 cm × 3-4 mm, margin shallowly serrate to subentire. Calyx purplish green, campanulate, ca. 2 mm, pubescent, glandular, 2-lipped, teeth acute; fruiting calyx urceolate-campanulate, dilated to ca. 4 mm. Corolla purplish, ca. 7 mm, sparsely pubescent, tube ca. 3.5 mm, pouched on upper side near base, upper lip ca. 3 mm, lower lip ca. 3.5 mm. Stamens included. Style included. Nutlets yellowish brown, ovoid, ca. 1.3 mm, glabrous. Fl. and fr. Nov.

* Shady streamsides in sparse forests; 400-700 m. Guangxi (Longsheng Xian).