棒蕊虎耳草 bang rui hu er cao

Micranthes clavistaminea (Engler & Irmscher) Losinskaja; S. blinii H. Léveillé.

Stem 4.2-5.5 cm tall, glandular villous. Sterile branches present. Petiole ca. 6 mm, margin villous; leaf blade obovate-elliptic, 2-2.4 × 1.2-1.9 cm, abaxially glandular villous near midvein, adaxially glandular pubescent, margin doubly serrate and multicellular glandular ciliate, apex obtuse or acute. Inflorescence 2- or 3-flowered; pedicels pilose. Sepals reflexed, ovate, ca. 3.1 × 1.4 mm, glabrous, veins 3, confluent into a verruca at apex. Petals white, proximally with 2 yellow and 3 purple spots, ovate, 4.3-4.6 × 2-2.1 mm, 3-veined, base with a claw 0.3-0.5 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens ca. 3 mm; filaments clavate. Carpels subsuperior to superior, united only at base, conical, with a basal, thick, annular nectary; stigmas subsessile; follicles bottle-shaped. Fl. May-Jul.

* Forests, rock crevices in valleys; 2300-3600 m. WC Sichuan (Shimian Xian), C and W Yunnan (Dali Xian, Jingdong Xian, Luquan Xian).