打箭马先蒿 Pedicularis tatsienensis

  • Scientific Name: Pedicularis tatsienensis Bureau & Franch.
  • Ref: J. Bot. (Morot) 5:108. 1891
  • Chinese Common Name: 打箭马先蒿 Dǎjiàn mǎxiānhāo
  • Family: Orobanchaceae
  • Genus: Pedicularis
  • Distribution: Alpine meadows; 4100–4400 m. W Sichuan, NW Yunnan.
  • Photo: 07/29/2012, Mt. Jiajin, Sichuan
  • Note: Chinese common name is from the ancient name of Kangding, Sichuan
Herbs perennial, 10--27 cm tall, glabrescent, not drying black. Stems purplish black, shiny, erect or ± bent, with 1--3 internodes. Leaves mostly basal, in a rosette; petiole 2.5--7 cm, slender; leaf blade ovate-oblong to linear-oblong, to 3 X 1.4 cm, pinnatisect; segments 2--4 pairs, ovate to oblong, pinnatipartite, margin double dentate. Stem leaves smaller than basal leaves, shorter petiolate; leaf blade 5--10 mm. Inflorescences capitate, 2--3.5 cm, many flowered; bracts leaflike. Calyx tube 6--7 mm; lobes 5, unequal. Corolla purplish red, with nearly blackish purple galea, ca. 2.5 cm; tube ca. 1.2 cm; galea falcate apically; beak straight, ca. 2.5 mm, slender; lower lip ca. 1 cm X 3.5 mm, slightly shorter than galea. 2 filaments sparsely long pubescent, 2 glabrous. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jul--Aug. (Flora of China)

07/29/2012, Mt. Jiajin, Sichuan

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