木里糙苏 mu li cao su

Stems 60-100 cm tall, reddish green, densely yellow stellate tomentose. Petiole 1-11.5 cm; stem leaf blades triangular-ovate, adaxially yellow-green, densely stellate, abaxially densely stellate tomentose, base cordate to cuneate, margin irregularly crenate to dentate, apex obtuse to acute. Verticillasters usually 2, 8-10-flowered; bracts needlelike, herbaceous, ca. 6 mm, densely stellate tomentose and setose, hairs with very long central arms. Calyx tubular-campanulate, ca. 7 × 5 mm, stellate tomentose outside, veins stellate setose; lobes double toothed, tufted hairy inside, spines ca. 2 mm. Corolla white, ca. 1.4 cm, tube hairy annulate inside; upper lip ca. 7 mm, margin denticulate, densely white lanate outside, bearded inside; lower lip ca. 6 × 5 mm, white lanate except for glabrous margin; middle lobe obovate-orbicular, ca. 3 × 3 mm; lateral lobes ovate. Stamens included; filaments hairy at middle, posterior 2 with a short-spurred basal appendage. Nutlets glabrous. Fl. Oct.

* Grassy slopes; ca. 2500 m. Sichuan.