Circaea alpina subsp. micrantha (A.K.Skvortsov) Boufford

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Plants 4-25 cm tall. Stem glabrous or minutely pubescent, rarely densely pubescent. Leaves translucent, narrowly ovate to broadly triangular, (1-)2-6.5 × 0.8-4 cm, base cordate, less often truncate, margin sharply dentate to serrate, apex acute or shortly acuminate. Inflorescence a simple raceme or with 1 or 2, rarely more, lateral racemes arising from base, densely to sparsely pubescent with glandular hairs; flowering pedicel ascending or erect, glabrous or glandular pubescent, basally with a setaceous bracteole; flowers opening before elongation of raceme and clustered at its tip. Buds glabrous; ovary glabrous or rarely with minute uncinate hairs at anthesis; floral tube nearly absent to 0.4 mm. Sepals ovate to broadly ovate to oblong ovate, apex rounded or minutely mammiform. Petals white or pink, obtriangular to obovate, apical notch absent or to 1/5 length of petal; petal lobes, when present, truncate to rounded. Uncinate hairs of fruit unpigmented or occasionally with purple pigment. Fl. Jun-Sep(-Oct), fr. Jul-Nov. Chromosome number unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Spread epizoochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.25
Root system rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Circaea alpina subsp. micrantha world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:921941-1
WFO ID wfo-0000605606
COL ID 5GGL9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Circaea micrantha Circaea alpina subsp. micrantha