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79. Arenaria szechuensis F. N. Williams, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 34: 437. 1899.

四川无心菜 si chuan wu xin cai

Description from Flora of China

Herbs perennial. Stems clustered, diffuse or erect, 3--8 cm, glandular pubescent. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, 1--2 cm, base broadened, clasping, margin sparsely hairy, apex obtuse. Cymes 3- or 4-flowered. Pedicel 2--3 cm, ± glandular pubescent. Sepals 5, lanceolate, 5--6 × 1--1.5 mm, glandular pubescent abaxially, base broadened, margin narrowly membranous. Petals 5, white, ovate, 1.5--2.5 × as long as sepals, apex emarginate. Stamens 10; filaments equaling sepals. Ovary ovoid. Styles 3, subulate, longer than sepals; stigmas recurved. Fl. Jun--Jul.

* Scrub meadows, alpine meadows; (3000--)4000--4700 m. Sichuan.


 

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