苦苣苔 Conandron ramondioides

  • Scientific Name: Conandron ramondioides Siebold & Zucc.
  • Ref: Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3(3):730. 1843
  • Synonyms: Conandron minor T.Itô; Conandron ramondioides f. variegatum Nakai
  • Chinese Common Name: 苦苣苔 kǔ∙jùtái
  • Japanese Common Name: イワタバコ [岩煙草] iwatabako
  • Family: Gesneriaceae
  • Genus: Conandron
  • Distribution: Streamside rocks, rocky cliffs in forests; 600-1300 m. S Anhui, N Fujian, NE Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan].
  • Photo: Huangshan, Anhui
Petiole (0.4-)4-19 cm, glabrous; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to suborbicular, (3-)18-24 X (2-)4.5-14.5 cm, glabrous or glandular puberulent near base, base sometimes oblique, decurrent into petiole wing, broadly cuneate to truncate or cordate, margin irregularly denticulate to dentate, teeth extending down petiole wing, apex acuminate, rarely acute; lateral veins 8-11 on each side of midrib. Cymes 3-23-flowered; peduncle (3-)9-15 cm, glabrescent; bracts linear to narrowly elliptic, 2-4(-10) mm, margin entire, rarely dentate. Calyx segments narrowly triangular to narrowly lanceolate, 3-7 mm. Corolla 1-1.8 cm in diam., outside glabrous; tube 2-5 mm; limb 5-lobed, lobes triangular-ovate, 6-8 X 3-6 mm. Stamens 5-7 mm. Pistil 5-7 (-9) mm, sparsely glandular. Style 3.5-7 mm. Capsule (5-)7-10 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. May-Oct. (Flora of China)

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