短叶柳叶菜(原亚种) duan ye liu ye cai (yuan ya zhong)

Epilobium trichoneurum Haussknecht var. brachyphyllum Haussknecht.

Stems 25-60 cm tall, simple or branched. Leaves herbaceous, subsessile or petiole to 2 mm; cauline blade broadly ovate or ovate, 2.5-4.5 × 1.5-2.2 cm, base subcordate, margin sharply denticulate with 15-22 teeth per side, apex acute or subobtuse. Petals 9-11 mm. Stigma broadly clavate or clavate. Capsules 5-7 cm. Seeds 0.9-1.1 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 36.

Rare in moist disturbed places by streams in mountains; 1700-2100 m. Xizang, Yunnan [India, Nepal].