Didymocarpus heucherifolius Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Gesneriaceae > Didymocarpus

Characteristics

Plants stemless. Leaves basal; petiole 2-5(-9.5) cm; leaf blade orbicular-ovate to triangular, multilobed, with lobules triangular, 3-9 X 3.5-11 cm, papery, adaxially pubescent and pilose, eglandular, abaxially pilose, sparsely glandular, base cordate, margin irregularly denticulate to serrate, apex rounded, basal veins 4 or 5; lateral veins 3 or 4 on each side of midrib. Cymes 3-to many flowered; peduncle (6-)10-18 cm, spreading villous; bracts free, elliptic, 5-10 mm, long ciliate, margin entire. Pedicel 0.4-2 cm. Calyx slightly zygomorphic, ca. 6 mm; limb 5-lobed; tube ca. 2 mm; lobes unequal, broadly lanceolate to oblanceolate-linear or triangular, 3-4 X 1-2 mm, outside puberulent to glandular puberulent, inside glabrous, margin sparsely denticulate. Corolla pink, 2.5-3.2 cm, outside puberulent, inside glabrous; tube funnelform-tubular, 1.8-2.2 X 1-1.3 cm; adaxial lip ca. 6.5 mm; abaxial lip ca. 1 cm. Filaments 8-10 mm, glandular; anthers 1.8-2.5 mm, puberulent; staminodes 3, 0.3-6 mm. Pistil 1.8-2.9 cm, pilose to puberulent; ovary ca. 1.5 cm, pilose to puberulent. Capsule 5.5-8 cm. Fl. May, fr. Jun.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 56
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Distribution

Didymocarpus heucherifolius world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:380426-1
WFO ID wfo-0000646778
COL ID 6CV34
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Synonyms

Chirita heucherifolia Didymocarpus heucherifolius

Lower taxons

Didymocarpus heucherifolius var. yinzhengii