山草椒 shan jiao cao

Herbs perennial, ca. 9 cm high, glabrous throughout. Stolons present. Stems prostrate, with many ascending branchlets. Petiole 0.5-3 mm; leaf blade obovate-cuneate, 3-11 × 2-6 mm, ± membranous, abaxially glaucous, base cuneate to rounded, apex deeply notched; vein 1. Spikes terminal, ca. 1.5 cm; rachis 0.5-2 cm; bracts gland dotted. Ovary sessile, ovoid. Nutlet ca. 0.5 mm. Fl. Jun-Nov.

* Forests; 700-2500 m. SC Taiwan