高加索治疝草 gao jia suo zhi shan cao

Plants perennial, yellowish green, tomentose. Stems prostrate, 5--15 cm. Leaf blade obovate or oblong, 4--5 × 2--3 mm, base attenuate, apex obtuse. Glomerules leaf-opposed, (1--)4--12-flowered. Flowers 5-merous, yellowish green, (1.6--)1.8--2.3 mm. Sepals oblong, 1--1.5 × ca. 0.5 mm, ciliate, apex obtuse. Stamens 5, shorter than sepals. Style exserted at maturity, 0.3--0.4 mm, stigmas 2, often spreading. Achene subequaling calyx. Seed dark brown, subglobose, ca. 0.8 × 0.8 mm. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep.

Hillsides, meadows; 1400--2000 m. Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia; SW Asia].