毛叶蛇葡萄 mao ye she pu tao

Branchlets terete, with longitudinal ridges, with dense, long white-grayish hairs. Leaves simple; stipules brown, ovate, ca. 2 × 1-2.5 mm, membranous; petiole 1-2.5 cm, with dense white-grayish crinite hairs; leaf blade ovate, 4-6.5 × 3-6 cm, abaxially densely grayish crinite, adaxially densely pilose, hairs grayish and curly, basal veins 3, lateral veins 3 or 4 pairs, veinlets raised abaxially, inconspicuous adaxially, base broadly cuneate to nearly truncate, margin with 12-16 rounded teeth on each side, apex acute. Inflorescence a polychasium or compound dichasium, leaf-opposed; peduncle 1-2.5 cm, densely gray-white crinite. Pedicel 2-2.5 mm, glabrous. Buds oval, 1.8-2.5 mm, apex rounded. Calyx glabrous, undulately lobed. Petals ovate, 1.6-2.3 mm, glabrous. Anthers oval. Lower part of ovary adnate to disk; style conical. Fl. Jul.

● Riverside shrublands; ca. 1300 m. Sichuan.