珠峰翠雀花 zhu feng cui que hua

Stem ca. 6.5 cm tall, puberulent, simple. Leaf blade 1--2 cm wide, base deeply cordate; primary lobes separate for at least 90% of blade radius; central lobe broadly rhombic, 3-lobulate, distally few dentate, apex acute; ultimate lobules narrowly ovate or lanceolate-linear; proximal leaves usually not withered. Flower solitary, terminal, nearly closed; bracteoles ca. 3.5 cm from flower, linear-lanceolate, ca. 8 mm. Sepals purplish, abaxially puberulent; spur conic-subulate, ca. 1.3 cm, base ca. 4 mm in diam.; other sepals 1.5--1.9 cm. Petals 2-lobed, glabrous. Staminode limb oblong, 2-parted, long ciliate, yellow barbate. Filaments glabrous. Carpels 4; ovaries densely puberulent. Fl. Jul.

* Gravelly slopes; ca. 5000 m. S Xizang (Qomolangma Feng).