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Petrocosmea rosettifolia C. Y. Wu ex H. W. Li

莲座石蝴蝶

Description from Flora of China

Petiole to 4 cm, puberulent; leaf blade broadly ovate to orbicular or broadly elliptic, 0.5-4 X 0.4-3 cm, sparsely pubescent, base broadly cuneate to nearly rounded, margin entire to crenulate-serrulate toward apex, apex obtuse to broadly acute; lateral veins inconspicuous. Cymes 1-flowered; peduncle to 6 cm, puberulent; bracts subulate to linear-lanceolate, 1-3 mm. Pedicel ca. 1.5 cm. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-sect from base; segments equal, linear-lanceolate, ca. 5 X 1 mm, outside densely puberulent. Corolla color unknown, outside sparsely pubescent; tube ca. 4.5 mm; adaxial lip ca. 5 mm, distinctly 2-lobed; abaxial lip 7-8 mm. Filaments ca. 1 mm, glabrous; anthers ovoid-oblong, ca. 2 mm, beakless; staminodes 3. Pistil ca. 1.2 cm; ovary ca. 5 mm, puberulent. Style puberulent near base. Capsule 1-1.2 cm. Fl. and fr. Oct.

* Rocks in hilly regions; ca. 1400 m. Yunnan (Jingdong Xian).


 

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