Vasilis Teodoridis:
Scrophulariaceae | Phtheirospermum
2. Phtheirospermum tenuisectum Bureau & Franchet; J. Bot. 5: 129. 1891.
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Phtheirospermum tenuisectum
Credit: Harvard University Herbaria
Perennials; 10-55 cm tall. Stems numerous; cespitose; slender; basally curved; ascending; simple or apically branched. Leaves opposite or sometimes subopposite above middle of stem; leaf blade triangular-ovate; 1-4 X 0.5-3.5 cm; pinnatisect; pinnae linear; with villous multicellular glandular hairs; apex obtuse and sometimes mucronate. Flowers solitary. Pedicel 1-3 mm. Calyx 5-8 mm; glandular villous; lobes ovate to lanceolate; 2-4 X 1-2 mm; margin entire or parted into 2 or more segments. Corolla usually yellow to orange-yellow; outside glandular and eglandular villous; tube 0.6-1.5 cm; throat hairy; lower lobes obovate; 4-6.5 mm; subequal or middle lobe slightly larger than lateral lobes; margin ciliate; apex obtuse to emarginate; upper lobes ovate; 3-4 mm. Stamens included. Ovary pilose. Capsule 4-6 mm. Seeds ovoid; less than 1 mm. Fl. and fr. May-Oct.
Grassy slopes; under woods; in thickets; 1900-4100 m. Guizhou; Qinghai; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Scrophulariaceae | Phtheirospermum
2. Phtheirospermum tenuisectum Bureau & Franchet; J. Bot. 5: 129. 1891.
????? lie ye song hao
Phtheirospermum tenuisectum
Credit: Harvard University Herbaria
Perennials; 10-55 cm tall. Stems numerous; cespitose; slender; basally curved; ascending; simple or apically branched. Leaves opposite or sometimes subopposite above middle of stem; leaf blade triangular-ovate; 1-4 X 0.5-3.5 cm; pinnatisect; pinnae linear; with villous multicellular glandular hairs; apex obtuse and sometimes mucronate. Flowers solitary. Pedicel 1-3 mm. Calyx 5-8 mm; glandular villous; lobes ovate to lanceolate; 2-4 X 1-2 mm; margin entire or parted into 2 or more segments. Corolla usually yellow to orange-yellow; outside glandular and eglandular villous; tube 0.6-1.5 cm; throat hairy; lower lobes obovate; 4-6.5 mm; subequal or middle lobe slightly larger than lateral lobes; margin ciliate; apex obtuse to emarginate; upper lobes ovate; 3-4 mm. Stamens included. Ovary pilose. Capsule 4-6 mm. Seeds ovoid; less than 1 mm. Fl. and fr. May-Oct.
Grassy slopes; under woods; in thickets; 1900-4100 m. Guizhou; Qinghai; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Scrophulariaceae | Phtheirospermum
2. Phtheirospermum tenuisectum Bureau & Franchet; J. Bot. 5: 129. 1891.
????? lie ye song hao
Phtheirospermum tenuisectum
Credit: Harvard University Herbaria
Perennials; 10-55 cm tall. Stems numerous; cespitose; slender; basally curved; ascending; simple or apically branched. Leaves opposite or sometimes subopposite above middle of stem; leaf blade triangular-ovate; 1-4 X 0.5-3.5 cm; pinnatisect; pinnae linear; with villous multicellular glandular hairs; apex obtuse and sometimes mucronate. Flowers solitary. Pedicel 1-3 mm. Calyx 5-8 mm; glandular villous; lobes ovate to lanceolate; 2-4 X 1-2 mm; margin entire or parted into 2 or more segments. Corolla usually yellow to orange-yellow; outside glandular and eglandular villous; tube 0.6-1.5 cm; throat hairy; lower lobes obovate; 4-6.5 mm; subequal or middle lobe slightly larger than lateral lobes; margin ciliate; apex obtuse to emarginate; upper lobes ovate; 3-4 mm. Stamens included. Ovary pilose. Capsule 4-6 mm. Seeds ovoid; less than 1 mm. Fl. and fr. May-Oct.
Grassy slopes; under woods; in thickets; 1900-4100 m. Guizhou; Qinghai; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan