崖花子 ya hua zi

Shrubs many branched, 2–3 m tall. Young branchlets gray pubescent, soon glabrate. Leaves clustered at branchlet apex; petiole 5–8 mm; leaf blade dark green, shiny adaxially, obovate or rhombic, 5–8 × 2.5–3.5 cm, hard leathery, white pubescent abaxially at first, soon glabrate, lateral veins 7–8-paired, slightly convex abaxially, prominent adaxially, reticulate veins visible abaxially, indistinct adaxially, apex acute. Inflorescences in leaf axils at branchlet apex, solitary flowers or umbellate; pedicels slender, 1.5–2 cm, glabrous or sparsely white tomentose. Sepals ovate, ca. 2 mm, glabrous, margin ciliate. Petals oblanceolate, ca. 8 mm. Stamens ca. 6 mm. Ovary ovoid, brown pubescent; placentas 2, parietal; ovules 16–18. Capsule shortly ellipsoid, 9–11 × 7–8 mm, dehiscing by 2 valves; pericarp thin, horizontally small striate adaxially. Seeds 16–18; funicle slender, compressed, ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Mar–May, fr. Jun–Oct.

Forests, thickets, valleys, stream sides; 300--2600 m. Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, NE Yunnan (Yongshan Xian).