深红小报春 shen hong xiao bao chun

Herbs perennial, efarinose, forming small mats, 1.5--2 cm tall. Petiole nearly as long as leaf blade; leaf blade obovate to spatulate, 7--15 X 3--5 mm, slightly scabrous from minute short-stalked glands, base attenuate, margin crenate-dentate to dentate, apex rounded. Scapes 1--2 cm, sparsely minutely glandular, with a solitary flower; bracts 2, linear, 1--2 mm. Pedicel 2--3 mm. Flower heterostylous. Calyx green, campanulate, 3--4 mm, densely minutely glandular, parted nearly to middle; lobes ovate to lanceolate, apex acute to obtuse. Corolla rose; tube 6--8 mm; limb ca. 1.5 cm wide; lobes obovate, deeply emarginate. Pin flowers: stamens ca. 1.5 mm above base of corolla tube; style reaching annulus. Thrum flowers with positions reciprocal. Capsule cylindric, slightly longer than calyx. Fl. Jun.

* Shallow soil, rock faces; ca. 4800 m. SE Xizang (Nyingchi Xian)