假帚枝龙胆 jia zhou zhi long dan

Annuals 2.5-7 cm tall. Stems purple, erect, basally simple, middle fastigiate branched with branches corymbose, densely purple papillate. Basal leaves withered at anthesis. Stem leaves with petiole longer than blade; leaf blade oblong to obovate-spatulate, 4-6 × 1.7-3 mm, papillate, base narrowed, margin cartilaginous and distinctly ciliate, apex rounded and mucronate with a short recurved tip, midvein prominent. Flowers many, subsessile. Calyx tubular, 6-8 mm; tube membranous; lobes recurved, spatulate to ovate, 1.5-2 mm, equal, base slightly narrowed, margin cartilaginous and smooth or ciliate, apex obtuse and mucronate, midvein prominent. Corolla outside with blackish stripes, inside pale purple, funnelform, 1.1-1.4 cm; lobes ovate, 2-2.5 mm, margin entire, apex obtuse; plicae ovate, 1.5-2 mm, margin denticulate, apex obtuse. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube, equal; filaments 1.2-1.5 mm; anthers ellipsoid, 1-1.2 mm. Ovary ellipsoid, 2.5-3 mm; gynophore ca. 1.5 cm, slender. Style 1-1.2 mm; stigma lobes suborbicular. Fl. Jul-Aug.

* Grassland slopes; 3400-3700 m. NW Yunnan.