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Loxostigma brevipetiolatum W. T. Wang et K. Y. Pan

短柄紫花苣苔

Description from Flora of China

Stems ca. 45 cm, sparsely puberulent, subglabrescent, sometimes branched. Leaves opposite, spread along stem, subequal in a pair; petiole 0.5-2.5 cm, sparsely puberulent; leaf blade ovate to ovate-oblong, 9-17 X 4-7.2 cm, glabrous, abaxially sparsely puberulent along veins, base oblique, rounded to cuneate, margin repand, apex acuminate. Cymes branched 2-5 , ca. 10-flowered; peduncle 14-16 cm, sparsely puberulent; bracts lanceolate to ovate, 3-4 X 1.5-1.8 mm, margin entire. Pedicel 1.6-2 cm. Calyx 5-sect from near base; segments equal, lanceolate, 4.5-6 X ca. 2 mm, margin entire. Corolla purple, ca. 3.3 cm, outside sparsely puberulent, inside glabrous; tube 1.8-2 X 1-1.7 cm; adaxial lip lobes semiorbicular, 4-5 X ca. 5 mm; abaxial lip ca. 1.5 cm, central lobe broadly ovate, ca. 8 X 10 mm, lateral ones ovate, 6-7 X ca. 8 mm. Adaxial stamens ca. 1 cm, abaxial ones ca. 1.3 cm, glabrous; staminode ca. 2 mm. Pistil ca. 1.6 cm; ovary densely puberulent. Style ca. 1 cm, sparsely puberulent. Fruit unknown. Fl. Nov.

* Mixed forest; 1200-1500 m. Guangxi (Bose Xian), SE Yunnan.


 

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