长穗紫金牛 chang sui zi jin niu

Ardisia longipedunculata C. Y. Wu & C. Chen (1977), not King & Gamble (1906).

Subshrubs stoloniferous, to 0.5 m. Stems decumbent; branchlets terete, 5-7 mm in diam., densely rusty villous, glabrescent. Petiole canaliculate, broadly marginate, 3.5-7.5 cm, densely rusty villous; leaf blade broadly elliptic, 15-18 × 7.5-8.5 cm, papery, glabrous or midrib hairy adaxially, densely rusty-villous, especially on veins abaxially, base broadly cuneate or subrounded, margin pectinate-dentate, teeth apiculate, punctate, apex acuminate; lateral veins ca. 28 on each side of midrib, usually at right angles to midrib, marginal vein obscure. Inflorescences axillary near stem apex, subumbellate in panicles, 5.5-7.5 cm. Flowers pink, ca. 4 mm. Pedicel 3-8 mm, rusty pubescent. Sepals ovate, ca. 2 mm, sparsely rusty puberulent, punctate, margin sparsely ciliate, apex acute. Petals broadly ovate, glabrous, all densely punctate, apex obtuse. Stamens shorter than petals; anthers ovate or broadly lanceolate, with or without glands dorsally. Ovary densely puberulent; ovules ca. 6, uniseriate. Fruit unknown. Fl. May.

* Broad-leaved forests, valleys; 900-1000 m. SE Yunnan