Ophiorrhiza purpurascens H.S.Lo

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Ophiorrhiza

Characteristics

Herbs, often procumbent at base, ascending above; stems densely brown villous or-hirsute with multicellular trichomes. Leaves in subequal pairs; petiole ca. 0.5 cm; blade drying papery, with veins purple, ovate, 1-3 × 0.5-1.7 cm, both surfaces brown villous with pubescence denser along veins abaxially, base rounded to obtuse and slightly oblique, margins entire, apex acute to subobtuse; secondary veins 5-8 pairs; stipules caducous, not seen. Inflorescences 1-flowered or fasciculate and few flowered, densely pubescent; peduncles or pedicels 3-10 mm; bracts filiform, ca. 5 mm. Flowers with biology unknown, pedicellate or pedunculate. Calyx with hypanthium ca. 1.5 mm; lobes filiform, 2.5-3 mm. Corolla white, slenderly subfunnelform, puberulent outside; tube 22-23 mm, with white villous ring at middle inside; lobes ovate-triangular, 3-4 mm, obtuse, puberulent marginally, dorsally narrowly winged. Capsules not seen. Fl. Sep.
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Distribution

Ophiorrhiza purpurascens world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:939368-1
WFO ID wfo-0000257207
COL ID 49ZHC
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Synonyms

Ophiorrhiza purpurascens