绿花梅花草 Parnassia viridiflora

  • Scientific Name: Parnassia viridiflora Batalin
  • Ref: Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada. 12:168. 1892
  • Synonym: Parnassia trinervis var. viridiflora (Batalin) Hand.-Mazz.
  • English Common Name: green-flower bog star
  • Chinese Common Name: 绿花梅花草 lǜhuā méihuā∙cǎo, 绿花苍耳七 lǜhuā cāng’ěr∙qī
  • Family: Celastraceae
  • Genus: Parnassia
  • Distribution: Scrub, alpine meadows; 3600-4100 m. Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.
  • Photo: 07/21/2011, Mt. Taibai, Qinling
Stems 1-5, 9.5-20.5 cm, with 1 leaf near base. Basal leaves (1 or)2-4(or 5); petiole (1-)1.5-2.5 cm; leaf blade purple punctate or not, ovate-elliptic or triangular-ovate, rarely ovate-cordate, 1-2.5 × 0.6-1.5 cm, arcuate 5-7-veined with veins prominent abaxially, base broadly cuneate, subtruncate, or attenuate, apex obtuse or subacute. Cauline leaf sessile, semiamplexicaul, similar to basal ones but much smaller, sometimes with a few rusty brown appendages at base. Flower 1.3-1.8 cm in diam.; hypanthium turbinate. Sepals inconspicuously minutely brown punctate abaxially, ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 3.5-5 × 1.5-1.8 mm, 3-veined abaxially, margin entire, apex obtuse. Petals green, purplish veined, occasionally purple punctate, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 7-8 × 2-2.5 mm, 5-veined, base attenuate into a claw 1.5-2 mm, margin entire, apex rounded. Anthers ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm; filaments ca. 3.5 mm; staminodes flat, ca. 2.5 mm, stalk ca. 1 × 0.8 mm, lamina ca. 1.5 × 1.5 mm, 3-lobed, lobes truncate at apex. Ovary semi-inferior, ellipsoid; style ca. 0.5 mm; stigma 3-lobed, lobes obovate. Capsule ellipsoid. Seeds brown, glossy, oblong. Fl. Aug. and fr. Sep. (Flora of China)

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