Gentiana baoxingensis

Description

Annuals 3-4 cm tall.Stems purple,ascending,few branched from base,glabrous.Basal leaves with petiole 0.7-1 mm;leaf blade ovate,4-6 × 3-4 mm,margin hirsute,apex acute and apiculate,veins 1-3.Stem leaves widely spaced,shorter than internodes;petiole tube 0.5-0.7 mm;leaf blade ovate,2.5-3.5 × 2-3 mm,margin hirsute,apex acute and apiculate,midvein distinct.Flowers few to many.Pedicel purple,5-10 mm,glabrous.Calyx purple,narrowly obconic,4-5 mm,coarsely papillate;lobes filiform to filiform-subulate,1.5-2 mm,margin hirsute,apex acuminate,midvein distinct.Corolla purple,with numerous blackish short lines in throat,obconic,9-10 mm;lobes 1.2-1.5 mm,ovate,margin entire,apex obtuse;plicae triangular to broadly ovate,1-1.2 mm,margin entire or denticulate,apex obtuse.Stamens inserted just above to middle of corolla tube,equal;filaments 1-1.2 mm;anthers ellipsoid,0.8-1 mm.Ovary ellipsoid,1.5-2 mm;gynophore ca.1.5 mm.Style 0.8-1 mm;stigma lobes narrowly oblong.Fl.Aug.