拟小斑虎耳草 ni xiao ban hu er cao

Herbs 3-5.5 cm tall. Stem dark purple shortly glandular hairy. Basal leaves aggregated into a rosette; leaf blade spatulate, ca. 9 × 3.1 mm, subcarnose, both surfaces glabrous, adaxially pustulate distally, margin cartilaginous pectinate distally, apex subobtuse. Cauline leaves subensate, ca. 1 cm × 1.6 mm, abaxially and marginally dark purple glandular hairy, apex mucronate. Inflorescence ca. 2.5 cm, 3-10-flowered; pedicels 0.7-1.8 cm, densely dark purple glandular hairy. Sepals spreading, subovate, 3-4 × 1.5-2.4 mm, carnose, abaxially and marginally dark purple glandular hairy, veins 5, confluent into a verruca at apex, apex acute. Petals white, proximally purple spotted, elliptic to ovate, 5.5-7 × 2.7-3.5 mm, obscurely 2-callose, 5-7-veined, base rounded and narrowed into a claw 0.6-1 mm, apex acute. Stamens ca. 4.1 mm. Ovary subsuperior, dark purple, ca. 4.4 mm; styles ca. 1.4 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.

* Alpine meadows, rock crevices; 4800-5100 m. S Xizang (Cona Xian, Lhünzê Xian, Nêdong Xian).