小籽泉沟子荠 xiao zi quan gou zi ji

Taphrospermum fontanum subsp. microspermum Credit: Harvard University Herbaria

Dilophia fontana Maximowicz var. trichocarpa W. T. Wang.

Sepals 1.5-2 mm; petals 2-3 × (0.5-)0.7-1.2(-1.4) mm; filaments 1.5-2 mm. Fruit valves densely or rarely sparsely puberulent, often tuberculate. Seeds 2-8 per fruit, 1.2-1.6 mm × 0.8-1.1 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. late Jul-Sep.

* Slopes with dwarf bushes, disturbed alpine meadows, degraded alpine pastures, Kobresia turf and cushions; 3900-5000 m. Qinghai, Xinjiang, Xizang.