Chionocharis hookeri I.M.Johnst.

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Chionocharis

Characteristics

Plants 15-40 cm in diam. Stems crowded, much branched, ca. 3 cm tall. Leaf blade flabellate, 7-12 × 4-6 mm, abaxially glabrous or nearly so, adaxially and margin densely white villous, base attenuate, apex acute. Pedicel 4-7 mm, glabrous. Calyx ca. 4.5 mm, villous inside and along margin, glabrous outside. Corolla light blue, ca. 7.5 mm, glabrous; tube ca. as long as calyx; throat appendages transverse folds or lunate, ca. 1 mm wide; limb 7-8 mm wide; lobes with thin veins. Stamens included; anthers ca. 1 mm. Style ca. 2 mm; stigma compressed globose. Nutlet short appressed pubescent abaxially.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.03
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Distribution

Chionocharis hookeri world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:113860-1
WFO ID wfo-0000602249
COL ID 5Y5DW
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Synonyms

Chionocharis hookeri Eritrichium hookeri Myosotis hookeri