多花龙胆 duo hua long dan

Perennials 10-40 cm tall. Rhizomes to 10 cm. Stems 1-3, erect, simple, densely papillate. Basal leaves in 1-4 erect rosettes; petiole 2-3.5 cm, membranous; leaf blade spatulate, narrowly elliptic, or elliptic, 4-7 × 0.8-1.4 cm, base narrowed, apex obtuse to rounded, veins 3-5. Stem leaves 4-7 pairs; lower leaves with petiole 0.6-2 cm; leaf blade oblong to narrowly elliptic, 3.5-4.5 × 0.8-1.4 cm, base narrowed, apex obtuse, veins 3; upper leaves usually folded; petiole less than 5 mm, completely connate; leaf blade linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 1.5-5 cm × 3-9 mm, apex acuminate, vein 1. Inflorescences axillary or terminal clusters, subapical axillary clusters rarely on pedunclelike branches. Flowers sessile. Calyx tubular to narrowly obconic, 1.2-1.6 cm, tube entire; lobes erect, subulate, 1-1.5 mm, subequal. Corolla pale blue, with pale yellow base and blue streaks and spots, funnelform, (4-)5-5.5 cm; lobes ovate, 4-4.5 mm, margin entire, apex obtuse; plicae triangular to obliquely truncate, 1.2-1.5 mm, apex obtuse and 2cleft or erose. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube; filaments 1.2-1.4 cm; anthers narrowly ellipsoid, 2.5-3 mm. Style 2-3 mm; stigma lobes linear. Capsules ovoid-ellipsoid, 2.2-2.5 cm; gynophore to 2 cm. Seeds light brown, ellipsoid to subglobose, 1.5-2 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.

* Alpine meadows, scrub meadows, moist slopes; 3700-4600 m. SW Sichuan.