Gentiana sikkimensis

Description

Perennials 3-10 cm tall.Stolons usually 10-15 cm,much branched.Stems ascending to erect,simple,glabrous.Leaf blade base narrowed,margin smooth or ciliolate,apex rounded,vein distinct abaxially.Basal leaves usually withered at anthesis,leaf blade suborbicular,6-10 mm.Stem leaves mostly crowded around flowers;petiole 4-13 × 2-4.5 mm,slightly shorter to longer than leaf blade,conspicuously broadened toward stem apex;leaf blade oblong to spatulate,0.6-1.6 cm × 3.5-8 mm.Inflorescences 3-8-flowered.Calyx tube 6-8 mm,membranous;lobes linear to linear-lanceolate,1.5-4(-5) mm,unequal,herbaceous,1-veined,margin smooth or ciliolate,apex acute.Corolla blue,with dark blue streaks,tubular,2-2.5 cm;lobes ovate,2.8-3.2 mm,margin entire,apex obtuse;plicae obliquely triangular to truncate,0.5-1 mm,margin entire or denticulate.Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube;filaments 5-8 mm;anthers narrowly ellipsoid,1.5-2 mm.Style 1.5-2 mm;stigma lobes oblong.Capsules ellipsoid,1-1.2 cm;gynophore to 1.2 cm.Seeds light brown,ellipsoid to subglobose,0.6-1 mm;seed coat with spongy complex pits.