狭叶刺蕊草 xia ye ci rui cao

Shrubs branched, 1.3-2.7 m tall. Stems terete, glabrous. Petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade lanceolate, 10-14 cm, papery, sparsely strigose-puberulent, base acuminate, margin serrate, apex acuminate. Thyrses terminal, ca. 4 cm, continuous, many leaved, densely appressed pubescent except for corolla; verticillasters sessile, 10-14-flowered, 1-1.5 cm. Calyx tubular, 3.5-4 × 1-1.2 mm; teeth acute, 1/5-1/4 as long as calyx tube. Corolla rose, ca. 8 mm; tube cylindric, slightly dilated at throat, lobes subequal. Stamens lanate at middle, ca. 3 × as long as corolla (specimens not seen).

* Thickets on stony slopes; 1600-2000 m. Yunnan.