吉隆野决明 ji long ye jue ming

Thermopsis barbata Bentham f. chrysantha P. C. Li; T. barbata var. gyirongensis (S. Q. Wei) Z. X. Peng & Y. M. Yuan.

Perennial herbs, 20-30 cm tall. Stems branched from woody articulate base; leaves at base 4-9 verticillate and con­nate into sheath, densely tawny villous. Leaflets oblong-lan­ceolate, 2-3 × 0.4-0.8 cm, lateral leaflets unequal, tawny villous abaxially, especially on margins, glabrous adaxially, base tapering to narrowly winged petiole, apex acute. Racemes lax, 8-10 cm; flowers in 2 or 3 whorls; bracts lanceolate, 1.2-2 cm, 3-6 connate from base. Calyx 1.5-1.7 cm. Corolla yellow, 2.6-2.8 cm, never becoming blue; keel obviously longer than standard. Ovary with 5-6 mm stipe; ovules 4 or 5. Mature leg­ume not seen. Fl. Jun.

● Alpine meadows; ca. 3400 m. S Xizang (Gyirong).

The illustration in FRPS (42(2): 410, t. 106: 10-17. 1998) sug­gests that this is probably a synonym of Thermopsis alpina.