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4. Pellionia longipedunculata W. T. Wang, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin. 2(1): 1. 1982.

长梗赤车 chang geng chi che

Description from Flora of China

Pellionia subundulata W. T. Wang var. angustifolia W. T. Wang.

Herbs perennial, dioecious or monoecious. Stems erect, simple, crispately strigose. Leaves alternate; stipules broadly lanceolate, 6-11 × 2.5-4 mm; petiole 1-2.5 mm; leaf blade herbaceous, obliquely elliptic or linear-lanceolate, 6-13 × 2.8-4.5 cm, major lateral veins asymmetric, one basal, the other arising above base, broader outer half auriculate, margin obscurely denticulate, apex caudate-acuminate; cystoliths obscure, sparse; nanophyll absent. Staminate inflorescences 1.4-2 cm in diam., peduncle 5-13 cm; staminate flowers: tepals 5, broadly elliptic; stamens 5; rudimentary pistil nearly triangular. Pistillate inflorescences 2-3 mm in diam., sessile; pistillate flowers: tepals 5. Achenes nearly ellipsoidal, tuberculate. Fl. Dec-Jul.

Dense forests along streams, streamside rocks; 600-1000 m. S Guangxi [N Vietnam].


 

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