dcsimg

Description

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Perennials, 5-25 cm tall, entirely pubescent with multicellular hairs. Stems to 25, cespitose, very rarely 1, slender, ascending to diffuse. Leaves subsessile or petiole to 1 cm; leaf blade ovate-orbicular, 0.7-2 X 0.6-1.8 cm, base cordate to truncate, margin 2-5-crenate on each side, apex obtuse. Racemes 4-10, axillary, sometimes only from upper leaves, 1- or 2-flowered; 1-flowered inflorescences with peduncle slender, 0.6-2 cm; bracts (appearing to be bracteoles) at middle of peduncle, broadly linear, less than 5 mm. Pedicel slender, 3-10 mm. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes narrowly elliptic, subequal, ca. 3 mm at anthesis, 4-6 mm in fruit. Corolla pale blue, pink, or white, rotate, slightly longer than calyx; tube less than 1.5 mm; throat hairy; lobes orbicular to ovate. Stamens slightly shorter than corolla. Capsule subobcordate-reniform, strongly compressed, 3-4 X 5-6 mm, base truncate-rounded. Style ca. 2 mm. Seeds 2-10 per locule, ovoid, flattened, slightly convex, ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 18: 76 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi (Taibai Shan), W Sichuan, C to N Xizang.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 18: 76 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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Habitat

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* Forests, meadows; 2000-4400 m.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 18: 76 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras