金寨瑞香 jin zhai rui xiang

Daphne genkwa Siebold & Zuccarini subsp. jinzhaiensis (D. C. Zhang & J. Z. Shao) Halda.

Shrubs deciduous, to 1 m tall. Branches slender, at first densely yellow tomentose, later grayish brown, glabrescent. Leaves opposite, subopposite, or alternate; petiole 2-2.5 mm, yellow pilose; leaf blade narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, 3-4.5 × 0.8-1.3 cm, thickly papery, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate, margin slightly revolute, apex acute; lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs. Inflorescences terminal, 3-5-flowered; peduncle 0.6-0.8 cm, densely yellowish tomentose. Pedicel short. Calyx dull purple; tube cylindric, 10-12(-15) mm, exterior densely yellowish tomentose; lobes 4, narrowly elliptic, 5-7 mm, apex rounded. Stamens 8, lower whorl inserted above middle of calyx tube, upper whorl in throat; filaments ca. 0.6 mm; anthers yellow, oblong, ca. 1.3 mm. Disk cupular, margin entire. Ovary ellipsoid, ca. 2 mm, densely yellow pubescent; style ca. 0.2 mm; stigma capitate. Drupe not seen. Fl. Jul.

● Anhui.