隆子荛花 long zi rao hua

Daphne baimashanensis (S. C. Huang) Halda subsp. lungtzeensis (S. C. Huang) Halda.

Shrubs 1-1.5 m tall. Primary branches brown, turning grayish white, densely gray pubescent, glabrescent; leaf buds globose, white tomentose. Leaves alternate; petiole short; leaf blade suborbicular or oblong, 0.7-1.2 × 0.4-0.7 cm, both surfaces appressed pubescent, base broadly cuneate or subrounded, apex obtuse or apiculate; lateral veins 3-5 pairs, slender. Inflorescences terminal, 2-4 flowered. Calyx yellow, ca. 11 mm, exterior densely pilose; lobes 4, suborbicular, ca. 1.5 mm, apex erose; reticulate veins conspicuous inside. Stamens 8, lower whorl inserted slightly above middle of calyx tube, upper whorl at throat. Disk scales 1-3, apex 2-lobed or free. Ovary stipitate, densely pilose; style short; stigma capitate. Fruit not seen. Fl. Jun.

● Dry slopes; 3600-3800 m. Xizang.