轮叶铃子香 Chelonopsis souliei

  • Scientific Name: Chelonopsis souliei (Bonati) Merr.
  • Ref: J. Arnold Arbor. 28:252. 1947
  • Synonyms: Chelonopsis albiflora Pax & K.Hoffm.; Brandisia souliei Bonati
  • Chinese Common Name: 轮叶铃子香 lúnyè língzixiāng
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Genus: Chelonopsis
  • Distribution: Hillsides; ca. 3600 m. Sichuan, Xizang.
  • Photo: Xizang
Shrubs ca. 1.5 m tall. Stems with peeling bark; branches brown, puberulent. Leaves in whorls of 3; petiole 3-4 mm, puberulent; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate, 5-6 × 2-2.5 cm, sparsely puberulent, densely so along midrib adaxially, glandular and pubescent along veins abaxially, base subrounded, margin serrate, apex acuminate. Cymes (2- or) 3-flowered; peduncle ca. 1 cm; bracteoles linear, ca. 5 mm. Pedicel 1-4 mm. Calyx campanulate, ca. 2 cm, densely pubescent, glandular outside, glabrous inside, tube ca. 1 cm; teeth 5, triangular, apex spinescent-acuminate. Corolla cream yellow, ca. 3.5 cm, puberulent, glandular outside, glabrous inside; tube ca. 2 cm, dilated in throat; upper lip ovate, ca. 1 cm, emarginate, lateral lobes ovate. Style equally 2-cleft at apex. Fl. Aug. (Flora of China)

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