Vasilis Teodoridis:
Urticaceae | Pellionia
6. Pellionia scabra Bentham; Fl. Hongk. 330. 1861.
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Elatostema pellioniifolium W. T. Wang; E. scabrum (Bentham) A. Haller; Pellionia cephaloidea W. T. Wang; P. scabra subvar. pedunculata Yamamoto; Polychroa scabra (Bentham) Hu.
Subshrubs; usually dioecious. Stems ascending or erect; usually branched; strigose. Leaves alternate; stipules subulate; 1.5-3 x 0.1-0.2 mm; petiole 0.5-2 mm; leaf blade herbaceous; obliquely rhombic-oblanceolate or oblong; 3.2-8.5(-10) x (0.7-)1.3-3.2(-4) cm; major lateral veins asymmetric to almost absent; broader outer half broadly cuneate; rounded or auriculate; margin denticulate; apex acuminate or caudate; cystoliths obscure or conspicuous; dense; nanophyll absent. Staminate inflorescences 0.8-1.5 cm in diam.; peduncle 0.5-3.5 cm; staminate flowers: tepals 5; elliptic; stamens 5; rudimentary pistil subulate. Pistillate inflorescences 2-8(-14) mm in diam.; peduncle 1-4 mm; pistillate flowers: tepals 4-5. Achenes nearly ellipsoidal; tuberculate. Fl. Mar-Jul.
Valley streamsides or forests; 300-1200 m. S Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; SE Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan; Vietnam].