荨麻叶黄芩 qian ma ye huang qin

Scutellaria urticifolia C. Y. Wu & H. W. Li, Fl. Yunnan. 1: 545. 1977, non Juzepczuk & Vvedensky (1954).

Herbs rhizomatous. Stems ca. 60 cm tall, erect, sparsely white pubescent. Petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade ovate, 4-7.5 × 3-4.5 cm, papery, sparsely white hirtellous, densely so along midrib and veins, base broadly cuneate to rounded, rarely cordate, margin coarsely crenate-dentate, apex acute. Racemes terminal or subterminal, 12-20 cm; bracts sessile, rhombic-ovate, 2-5 mm, puberulent. Pedicel to 4 mm, densely white glandular puberulent. Calyx ca. 2 mm, to 5 mm in fruit, glandular pubescent; scutellum ca. 2 mm, to 5 mm in fruit. Corolla purple, 1.5-2 cm, glandular puberulent outside, glabrous inside, base bent; middle lobe of lower lip triangular-ovate, to 4.5 mm wide, base abruptly constricted, apex emarginate; lateral lobes ca. 2 mm wide. Nutlets dark brown, ovoid, ca. 1 mm in diam., tuberculate, adaxially umbonate at middle. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug.

* Pine forests, thickets; 1100-2100 m. Yunnan (Yangbi Xian).