近匙叶虎耳草 jin chi ye hu er cao

Saxifraga subspathulata var. kumaunensis Engler & Irmscher.

Herbs perennial, cespitose, 4-7 cm tall. Stem slender, proximally brown glandular or eglandular villous, distally sparsely glandular hairy. Basal leaves with petiole 6-13 mm, crisped glandular villous at margin and leaf axils; leaf blade subspatulate to lanceolate, ca. 3 × 1-1.5 mm, glabrous, apex obtuse. Cauline leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, 2-4 × 0.5 mm, glabrous. Flower solitary; pedicel black glandular hairy. Sepals spreading, oblong, ca. 1.5 mm, glabrous, veins 3, not confluent at apex, apex obtuse. Petals yellow, obovate, ca. 3.5 × 2 mm, not callose, 3-5-veined, base tapered, apex subacute. Stamens 2.5-3.5 mm. Ovary subsuperior, ovoid, 2.5-3 mm; styles 0.5-1 mm. Fl. Aug-Sep.

Rocky places; ca. 3500 m. SE Xizang [Bhutan, N India, Sikkim].