藏中虎耳草 zang zhong hu er cao

Herbs 2.5-7.5 cm tall. Stem simple, densely dark brown glandular hairy. Basal leaves aggregated into a rosette; leaf blade usually spatulate, 6-9.2 × 1.6-2.8 mm, subcarnose, both surfaces glabrous, margin usually cartilaginous setose-ciliate distally, apex mucronate. Cauline leaves remote, oblong to lanceolate, 3.5-5.5 × 0.8-1.7 mm, subcarnose, adaxially and marginally dark brown shortly glandular hairy, apex acute. Cyme 2.4-4.5 cm, 2-12-flowered, rarely flower solitary; pedicels slender, 1-2.5 cm, densely dark brown glandular hairy. Sepals spreading, ovate to broadly so, 2-2.6 × 1-2.4 mm, abaxially dark brown glandular hairy, veins 3-5, confluent or not at apex, margin proximally dark brown glandular hairy or glabrous, apex obtuse or acute. Petals white or pink, proximally purple spotted, oblong to lanceolate, 4-7 × 1.6-2.2 mm, 2-callose, 3-5-veined, base gradually narrowed into a claw 0.5-0.9 mm, apex acute. Stamens 3-3.3 mm. Ovary subsuperior, dark purple, broadly ovoid, 1.6-2.8 mm; styles ca. 1 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.

* Alpine meadows, alpine marsh meadows, rock crevices; 3900-5400 m. S Xizang (Lhasa Shi, Mêdog Xian, Namling Xian).