Chrysosplenium chinense (Hara) J.T.Pan

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Chrysosplenium

Characteristics

Herbs 6.5-15.5 cm tall. Stolons present. Stems glabrous. Basal leaves with petiole 0.5-8.5 cm, red-brown pilose; leaf blade reniform to orbicular-reniform, 0.7-1.6 × 0.9-1.85 cm, both surfaces and margin glabrous, base cordate, margin shallowly 5-9-dentate, teeth usually retuse and brown 1-verrucose at apex. Cauline leaf 1 or absent; petiole 5-10 mm, brown pilose near axil; leaf blade broadly ovate to broadly orbicular, 5-8 × 6-12 mm, base broadly cuneate to subtruncate, margin shallowly 5-7-dentate. Cyme 1-4.5 cm; bracteal leaves with petiole 1.5-5 mm, brown papillose or pilose near axil, leaf blade ovate or broadly so to broadly obovate, 3-11 × 2.5-12 mm, base cuneate to broadly so, margin entire or 2-5-crenate. Flowers yellow-green, ca. 4 mm in diam.; pedicel very short, usually pilose. Sepals suberect, broadly ovate to orbicular, 1.1-2 × 2-2.2 mm, glabrous, apex obtuse. Stamens 8; filaments 0.5-1.1 mm. Ovary semi-inferior; styles ca. 1 mm. Disc absent. Capsule ca. 2.5 mm, apex retuse; carpels subequal; rostrums ca. 0.4 mm. Seeds dark brown, shiny, ovoid, ca. 1 mm, papillose. Fl. and fr. May-Aug.
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Mature height (meter) 0.07 - 0.16
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Chrysosplenium chinense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:942789-1
WFO ID wfo-0000603930
COL ID 5YTN9
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Synonyms

Chrysosplenium chinense Chrysosplenium alternifolium var. chinense Chrysosplenium alternifolium f. chinense