狭瓣虎耳草 Saxifraga pseudohirculus

  • Scientific Name: Saxifraga pseudohirculus Engl.
  • Ref: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48:590. 1912
  • Synonyms: Saxifraga balongshanensis T.C.Ku; S. longipetala T.C.Ku; S. selgenensis K.S.Hao; S. spathulifolia T.C.Ku
  • Chinese Common Name: 狭瓣虎耳草 xiábàn hǔ’ěr∙cǎo
  • Family: Saxifragaceae
  • Genus: Saxifraga
  • Distribution: Forests, scrub, alpine meadows, rock crevices; 3100-4600(-5600) m. S Gansu, E and S Qinghai, S Shaanxi (Qin Ling), W Sichuan, E and S Xizang.
  • Photo: 07/29/2012, Mt. Jiajin, Sichuan
Herbs perennial, cespitose, 4-17 cm tall. Stem proximally brown crisped glandular villous and glandular pubescent, distally dark brown glandular hairy. Basal leaves with petiole 0.6-2.3 cm, margin brown crisped glandular villous; leaf blade lanceolate or oblanceolate to narrowly oblong, 2-11 × 0.6-2.5 mm, glandular hairy, apex subobtuse. Cauline leaves with petiole 2-12 mm, gradually shorter to absent distally on stem, margin brown crisped glandular villous; leaf blade suboblong to oblanceolate, 0.8-3.5 cm × 1.9-3.5 mm, glandular pubescent, apex subobtuse. Cyme 2-12-flowered or flower solitary; pedicels 0.5-3.8 cm, dark brown glandular hairy. Sepals erect to spreading, broadly to narrowly ovate, 2-4 × 1-2.9 mm, abaxially and marginally dark brown glandular hairy, adaxially sparsely glandular hairy or glabrous, veins 3-5(-7), not confluent at apex, apex obtuse or acute. Petals yellow, lanceolate or narrowly oblong to ensiform, 4-11 × 1.3-3 mm, 2-callose, 3-5(-7)-veined, base with a claw 0.4-1.2 mm, apex obtuse to acute. Stamens 1.5-5 mm. Ovary semi-inferior, broadly ovoid, 2.6-4.6 mm; styles 1.1-2.8 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep. (Flora of China)

07/29/2012, Mt. Jiajin, Sichuan

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