• Scientific Name: Oreocharis auricula (S.Moore) C.B.Clarke
• Ref: A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5:64. 1883
• Synonyms: Didymocarpus auriculus S.Moore, Oreocharis leveilleana Fedde, Oreocharis sericea H.Lév., Perantha auricula (C.B.Clarke) Pellegr.
• Chinese Common Name: 长瓣马铃苣苔 chángbàn mǎlíng∙jùtái, 绢毛马铃苣苔 juànmáo mǎlíng∙jùtái
• Family: Gesneriaceae
• Genus: Oreocharis
• Distribution: Shady and damp rocks by streams, in valleys, or under forests on slopes; 200-1800 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan (Xiushan Xian)
• Photo: 10/06/2007, Songyang, Zhejiang

Leaf blade sometimes slightly falcate, narrowly to broadly elliptic to ovate or obovate, 2-12 X 1-5 cm, adaxially woolly or sericeous to glabrescent, base sometimes oblique, cuneate to cordate, margin serrate to subentire or serrulate to crenulate. Peduncle sparsely brownish woolly; bracts narrowly ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 3-10 X 1-2 mm, brown woolly. Pedicel glabrescent to sparsely woolly. Calyx segments narrowly triangular to lanceolate, 3-6 mm, outside densely brownish pubescent, apex acuminate. Fl. May-Sep, fr. Aug-Nov. (Flora of China)

08/08/2012, Zhangjiajie, Hunan