湖北长蕊琉璃草 hu bei chang riu liu li cao

Herbs, to 5 cm high. Taproot slender, blackish. Petiole of basal leaves 2-4 cm, sparsely hispid; leaf blade 1.6-2.3 × 1.1-1.4 cm, densely strigose-pubescent, base shallowly cordate, apex short apiculate. Inflorescences 2-4, scapose with 1 leaf just below inflorescence, most parts pubescent. Cymes scorpioid, congested into dense head. Pedicel 4.5-6 mm. Calyx ca. 3.5 mm; lobes parted nearly to base, linear-lanceolate, ca. 0.8 mm wide. Corolla pale pink when dry, 4.5-5.5 mm; tube ca. 2 mm; throat scales ± square, ca. 0.3 × 0.3 mm, emarginate; lobes oblanceolate, 2.5-3.2 × ca. 1 mm, apex rounded. Stamens inserted just below throat, clearly exserted from corolla; filaments 3-3.5 mm; anthers ovoid, ca. 0.4 × 0.2 mm, medifixed. Styles ca. 6 mm, exserted beyond anthers.

* ca. 600 m. Hubei (near Xueping Xian)