Ophiorrhiza cordata W.L.Sha ex H.S.Lo

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs, procumbent to creeping; stems densely brown villous with multicellular trichomes. Leaves in subequal pairs; petiole 0.8-1.7 cm, densely brownish red villous; blade drying papery, adaxially grayish black, abaxially brownish, broadly ovate to suborbicular, 3.5-6 × 2.3-4 cm, subglabrous or sparsely pilose adaxially, villous abaxially along principal veins, base cordate, margins sparsely ciliate, apex obtuse then abruptly shortly acute; secondary veins 5-7 pairs; stipules caducous, not seen. Inflorescence congested-cymose, 4-8-flowered, brownish red villous; peduncle ca. 1 cm; axes reduced; bracts elliptic-oblong, 3.5-6 mm, ciliate. Flowers with breeding biology unknown, subsessile. Calyx subglabrous; hypanthium turbinate, ca. 2 mm, 10-ribbed; lobes triangular, ca. 0.5 mm, obtuse or perhaps acute. Corolla white, tubular-funnelform, glabrous outside; tube 11-12 mm, inside glabrous except with villous ring at middle; lobes triangular, ca. 2.2 mm, dorsally narrowly winged and with very short horn, apex rostrate. Capsules unknown. Fl. Apr.
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Distribution

Ophiorrhiza cordata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:939380-1
WFO ID wfo-0000256952
COL ID 6SPWV
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Synonyms

Ophiorrhiza cordata