理县香茶菜 li xian xiang cha cai

Rabdosia lihsienensis C. Y. Wu & H. W. Li, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 66: 586. 1977.

Shrubs ca. 1 m. Branches yellowish gray; branchlets yellow brownish, pubescent. Petiole 5-13 mm, pubescent; leaf blade ovate, 1.5-3.5 × 1-2.8 cm, papery, adaxially dusty pubescent, abaxially densely whitish floccose-tomentulose, base broadly cuneate to truncate-cuneate, margin crenate, apex obtuse. Panicles terminal, 1.4-4.5 cm, puberulent; cymes 1-4-flowered; lower floral leaves similar to stem leaves, margin entire; upper floral leaves bractlike, ovate to rhombic, 4-6 × 2.5-4 mm; bracteoles linear, less than 1 mm. Calyx campanulate, ca. 3.5 × 4 mm, minutely glandular hairy, floccose-puberulent especially at base and margins, 2-lipped; teeth slightly longer than calyx tube, triangular-lanceolate, apex acuminate. Corolla purplish with purple spots, ca. 9 mm, sparsely puberulent outside, tube ca. 4.5 mm, limb 2-lipped; upper lip almost as long as lower, ca. 4.5 mm. Stamens included. Style included. Nutlets unknown. Fl. Jul-Sep.

* Forests; ca. 2500 m. Sichuan.