痂虎耳草 jia hu er cao

Saxifraga flagellaris Willdenow ex Sternberg subsp. sikkimensis Hultén, Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 58: 99. 1964; S. mucronulata Royle subsp. sikkimensis (Hultén) H. Hara.

Stem ca. 21 cm tall, densely glandular pubescent, glands globose. Stolons arising from axils of basal leaves, glandular hairy. Basal leaves aggregated into a rosette, suboblanceolate, ca. 1.1 cm × 3 mm, both surfaces glabrous, margin eglandular setose-ciliate, longest bristles 0.5-1.0 mm, apex cartilaginous mucronate. Cauline leaves oblong-linear, ca. 1.1 cm × 2.1 mm, glandular hairy, apex cartilaginous mucronate. Pleiochasium ca. 12-flowered; pedicels and hypanthium tawny glandular hairy. Sepals erect, narrowly ovate, 2.6-2.8 × ca. 1 mm, abaxially and marginally glandular hairy, glands globose, veins 4 or 5, confluent at apex, apex acute. Petals yellow, subpandurate, 5.6-6 × 3.5 mm, 2-callose, 5-7-veined, base abruptly narrowed into a claw ca. 0.5 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 2-3 mm. Ovary semi-inferior, ca. 1.6 mm; styles ca. 0.8 mm. Fl. Jun-Aug.

Stony places on slopes and in gorges; 3400-5200 m. S Xizang (Tingri Xian) [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].