小花荛花 xiao hua rao hua

Replaced synonym: Wikstroemia parviflora S. C. Huang, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 7: 289. 1985, not Wikstroemia parviflora (Choisy) S. F. Blake, Contr. Gray Herb., n.s., 53: 40. 1918 [Haemocharis parviflora Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 14: 144. 1855, Theaceae]; Daphne parviflora Halda.

Shrubs 0.2-0.5 m tall, much branched. Branches gray, pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves alternate, densely crowded at branch apices; leaf blade lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 0.4-1 × 0.1-0.2 cm, both surfaces pubescent, margin revolute. Inflorescences terminal, fasciculate, 1-4-flowered; peduncle absent. Calyx yellowish green, 3-5 mm; tube trumpet-shaped, exterior pubescent; lobes 4, apex rounded. Stamens 8, lower whorl inserted above middle of calyx tube, upper whorl at throat; upper anthers slightly exserted from calyx tube. Disk scale 1, slender. Ovary obovoid, pubescent above middle; style short; stigma capitate. Drupe ovoid, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm, enclosed by persistent calyx.

● Dry shrubby slopes, roadsides; 1000(-2000) m. Gansu.