Parnassia tibetana Z.P.Jien ex T.C.Ku

Species

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Characteristics

Stems 1 or 2, ca. 12 cm, with 1 leaf proximally. Basal leaves usually 2 or 3(or 4); petiole ca. 1.5 cm; leaf blade abaxially greenish, adaxially brown-green, ovate-oblong, 1.5-2.3 × 1-1.4 cm, base truncate or broadly cuneate, apex acute. Cauline leaf sessile, semiamplexicaul, similar to basal ones, often with several rusty brown appendages at base. Flower ca. 1 cm in diam.; hypanthium campanulate. Sepals ovate, ca. 6 × 3 mm, 5-veined, margin entire, apex rounded. Petals yellow, obovate or oblong, 8-10 × 5-6 mm, 5-7-veined, margin entire, apex rounded. Anthers oblong, 0.5-1 mm; filaments flat; staminodes flat, ca. 3.2 mm, stalk ca. 1.2 mm, lamina ca. 2 × 2.8 mm, 3-lobed for 1/5-1/4(-1/2) its length, lobes shortly linear, apex truncate or rounded. Ovary ovoid; styles ca. 1 mm, 3-lobed at apex. Capsule unknown. Fl. Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Parnassia tibetana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:931563-1
WFO ID wfo-0001228072
COL ID 4DQ8T
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Synonyms

Parnassia tibetana