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Chiritopsis bipinnatifida W. T. Wang

羽裂小花苣苔

Description from Flora of China

Petiole 2-6.5 cm, puberulent to pilose; leaf blade ovate to rhombic, 2-6 X 1.5-4 cm, puberulent to pilose, base broadly cuneate, margin pinnatifid, lobes 3 or 4 pairs, each narrowly ovate to triangular, 1- or 2-lobed or entire, apex acute to obtuse; lateral veins inconspicuous. Cymes lax, 5-7-flowered; peduncle 7-8 cm, sparsely puberulent; bracts lanceolate, ca. 4.5 X 1.5 mm, margin entire. Pedicel 4-10 mm, puberulent. Calyx segments narrowly triangular, 4-5 X ca. 1 mm, outside densely puberulent, inside sparsely puberulent. Corolla white, ca. 1 cm, inside sparsely puberulent above; tube ca. 7 X 3.5 mm; limb distinctly 2-lipped; adaxial lip ca. 1.2 mm; abaxial lip ca. 3.5 mm. Stamens adnate to corolla ca. 2 mm above base, glabrous; filaments linear, ca. 4 mm; staminodes 3, ca. 0.8 mm. Disc ringlike, ca. 0.3 mm, glabrous. Pistil ca. 8 mm, puberulent. Style ca. 5 mm; stigma obtrapeziform, ca. 0.5 mm, 2-lobed. Capsule ovoid, ca. 3 X 2 mm. Fl. Jun, fr. Oct.

* Limestone hills. NE Guangxi (Lingui Xian).


 

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