大花旋蒴苣苔 Boea clarkeana

  • Scientific Name: Boea clarkeana Hemsl.
  • Ref: F.B.Forbes & Hemsley, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26:232. 1890
  • Synonyms: Boea densihispidula S.B.Zhou & X.H.Guo; B. mairei H.Lév.; Damrongia clarkeana (Hemsl.) C.Puglisi; Dorcoceras clarkeanum (Hemsl.) Schltr.; Streptocarpus clarkeanus (Hemsl.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
  • Chinese Common Name: 大花旋蒴苣苔 dàhuā xuánshuò∙jùtái
  • Family: Gesneriaceae
  • Genus: Boea
  • Distribution: Crevices of rocks on slopes; 500-3100 m. Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, NW Yunnan, Zhejiang.
  • Photo: 07/25/2015, Mt. Tianmu, Zhejiang
Petiole to 10 cm; leaf blade ovate to broadly ovate, elliptic, or obovate, 2-10 X 1.4-7 cm, white to gray or yellowish appressed pubescent, base often oblique, broadly cuneate to cordate, margin crenate to serrate, apex acute to rounded; venation pinnate, lateral veins 5-7 on each side of midrib. Peduncle 3-18 cm, grayish puberulent to pubescent; bracts broadly ovate to narrowly ovate, 4-9 mm. Calyx 6-9 mm, 5-lobed from middle; lobes triangular or oblong to ovate-oblong, 3-4 X 2-2.5 mm, outside puberulent, inside glabrescent to puberulent and glandular puberulent. Corolla white to blue or blue-purple, 1.4-2.2 cm, outside glabrescent to densely pubescent to short villous, inside glandular puberulent to glabrescent; tube 1-1.5 X 0.7-1 cm; adaxial lip lobes 3-5 mm; abaxial lip lobes 4-5 mm. Filaments ca. 7 mm, glabrous to glandular puberulent toward anther; staminodes 2 or 3. Pistil 0.9-1.6 cm; ovary 5-8 mm; brownish puberulent to glandular puberulent. Style glandular puberulent to glabrous. Capsule 1.8-4.5 cm. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Jun-Oct. (Flora of China)

07/25/2015, Mt. Tianmu, Zhejiang

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