小黄花龙胆 xiao huang hua long dan

Annuals 2-3 cm tall. Stems erect, branched from base, with short crowded branches. Leaf blade puberulent, margin narrowly cartilaginous and ciliolate, apex obtuse to rounded, midvein distinct. Basal leaves withered at anthesis; petiole 0.5-1 mm; leaf blade oblanceolate to spatulate, 5-7 × 3-4 mm. Stem leaves crowded; petiole 0.3-0.5 mm, entirely connate; leaf blade spatulate to obovate, 4-5 × 2-3 mm. Flowers few to many, sessile. Calyx tubular, 4-5 mm, outside puberulent; lobes ovate-lanceolate, 2-2.5 mm, margin narrow, membranous, and ciliate, apex acute and caudate, midvein distinct. Corolla greenish yellow or inside sometimes pale blue, tubular, 8-10 mm; lobes ovate-lanceolate, 2-2.5 mm, apex acuminate and caudate; plicae suborbicular, 0.9-1.1 mm, margin entire, apex rounded. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube, equal; filaments 1.4-1.6 mm; anthers ellipsoid, 0.8-1 mm. Style 0.8-1 mm; stigma lobes oblong. Capsules obovoid, 4-4.5 mm; gynophore to 1 cm. Seeds light brown, ellipsoid, 1-1.2 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun.

* Hillsides, forests; 2100-2400 m. NW Yunnan.