Hirculus przewalskii (Engler) Losinskaja.

Herbs perennial, cespitose, 4-11.5 cm tall. Stem simple, brown crisped villous. Basal leaves with petiole 1-3 cm, margin brown crisped villous; leaf blade ovate or elliptic to oblong, 1.5-2.5 cm × 4-8 mm, abaxially usually glabrous, margin brown crisped villous. Cauline leaves ovate to elliptic, 1.5-2 cm, distal ones smaller. Cyme corymbose, 2-6-flowered, rarely flower solitary; pedicels 0.5-1.9 cm, densely brown crisped villous. Sepals reflexed, ovate to narrowly so, 2.5-4.2 × 1.5-2 mm, both surfaces glabrous, veins 3-5, not confluent at apex, margin brown crisped villous, apex obtuse. Petals purple abaxially, yellowish and proximally red spotted adaxially, ovate or narrowly so to suboblong, 2.5-5.2 × 1.5-2.1 mm, 2-callose, 3-5(-7)-veined, base with a claw 0.5-1 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 2-3.6 mm. Ovary semi-inferior, with an annular nectary disc; styles 1-1.5 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.

* Forests, alpine meadows, rock crevices; 3700-5000 m. W Gansu (Qilian Shan), E Qinghai (Haibei Zang Zu Zizhizhou, Hainan Zang Zu Zizhizhou, Huangnan Zang Zu Zizhizhou), Sichuan, S Xizang (Gyaca Xian).