墨脱虎耳草 mo tuo hu er cao

Herbs perennial, ca. 4.5 cm tall. Stem glabrous proximally, dark brown shortly glandular hairy distally. Leaves aggregated, ensiform, 2.8-3 × 0.8-1 mm, carnose, both surfaces glabrous, margin sparsely glandular ciliate, apex acute. Flower solitary; pedicel slender, ca. 2 cm, sparsely dark brown shortly glandular hairy. Sepals reflexed, ovate, ca. 2 × 1 mm, carnose, abaxially sparsely glandular pubescent, adaxially and marginally glabrous, veins 3, confluent into a verruca at apex, apex acute. Petals yellow, ovate to narrowly so, 4.2-4.4 × 2-2.6 mm, 4- or 5-callose, 3-veined, base contracted into a claw ca. 1 mm, apex acute. Stamens 3.4-3.9 mm. Ovary superior, ovoid, ca. 2.6 mm; styles ca. 0.6 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.

* Scrub meadows; ca. 3700 m. SE Xizang (Mêdog Xian).