蒙古芯芭 meng gu xin bao

Cymbaria linearifolia Hao.

Herbs, 5-20 cm tall, pilose. Leaves opposite below, occasionally alternate and gradually increasing in size and becoming narrower upward. Leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, ca. 1.2 cm X 3-4 mm. Bracteoles entire or with 1 or 2 small teeth near tip of pedicels. Corolla 2.5-3.5 cm. Anther locules 3-3.6 mm, glabrous or occasionally apically with few hairs. Capsule 1-1.1 cm X ca. 5 mm. Seeds narrowly ovoid, 4-4.5 X ca. 2 mm. Fl. Apr-Aug.

* Dry mountain slopes; 800-2000 m. Gansu, Hebei, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi.