青海翠雀花 qing hai cui que hua

Stem 6--10 cm tall, puberulent, branched. Leaf blade 1--2 cm wide, base deeply cordate; primary lobes separate for at least 90% of blade radius; central lobe rhombic, 2- or 3-sect, distally dentate, apex acute; ultimate lobules lanceolate-linear or linear; proximal leaves usually withered. Corymb 5--6 cm, 2- or 3-flowered; bracts leaflike. Pedicels 3.5--6 cm, puberulent; bracteoles borne near middle of pedicel, leaflike or lanceolate-linear, ca. 5 mm. Sepals blue, abaxially puberulent; spur subulate, 1.2--1.4 cm, base ca. 3 mm in diam.; other sepals 1.4--1.8 cm. Petals emarginate, glabrous. Filaments glabrous. Carpels 3; ovaries puberulent. Fl. Aug--Sep.

* Slopes; 4300--5000 m. SW Qinghai.