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Isometrum sichuanicum K. Y. Pan

四川金盏苣苔

Description from Flora of China

Petiole to 4 cm, densely rust-brown villous; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 2.7-10 X 2.3-4.5 cm, adaxially appressed pubescent, abaxially pubescent and rust-brown villous, base narrowly cuneate, margin lobulate, lobes crenate, apex acute; lateral veins 5-8 on each side of midrib, distinct. Peduncle 11-14 cm, rust-brown villous and glandular pubescent; bracts 3.5-4 mm, villous, margin entire. Pedicel 1.2-2.5 cm. Calyx segments narrowly lanceolate, 4-5 mm, margin entire. Corolla purple, ca. 1.3 cm, outside glandular puberulent; tube nearly cylindric, ca. 10 X 3-3.5 mm; adaxial lip ca. 3.5 mm; abaxial lip ca. 3 mm, all lobes suborbicular, 2-2.5 mm. Stamens 5-6 mm; filaments glabrous; anthers coherent in pairs, thecae not confluent; staminode ca. 1 mm. Pistil 5.5-7 mm, glandular puberulent; ovary 3.5-5.5 mm. Capsule ca. 2.5 cm. Fl. Jun.

* Shady, damp streamside rocks; 2200-2500 m. Sichuan (Maowen Xian, Heishui Xian).


 

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