Oreocharis longifolia (Oreocharis longifolia)
Description
Plants stemless.Petiole 2-6 cm,gray to brownish pubescent;leaf blade narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate,4-19 X 1-3 cm,adaxially gray appressed puberulent,abaxially grayish appressed pubescent,brownish villous along veins,base attenuate,margin serrulate,apex acute;lateral veins 4-7 on each side of midrib,adaxially visible,abaxially slightly prominent.Cymes 2-10-flowered;peduncle 5.5-22 cm,sparsely brownish villous to pubescent;bracts 2,oblanceolate,2-6(-10) X 1-2 mm,outside pubescent,inside glabrous,margin entire.Calyx segments narrowly ovate,5-7 X 2-3 mm,outside sparsely brownish pubescent,margin entire,veins indistinct.Corolla yellow to deep orange,margin sometimes flushed darker,not spotted,or bud purple-blue,2.2-3.6 cm,outside sparsely glandular puberulent,inside sparsely glandular puberulent;tube (1-) 1.8-2.3 X 0.8-1.6 cm;adaxial lip 2-5 mm,lobes semiorbicular,2-4 X ca.4 mm,apex obtuse to rounded;abaxial lip 0.8-1.2 cm,lobes semiorbicular,4-7 X 3.5-4.5 mm,apex obtuse to rounded.Adaxial stamens adnate to corolla ca.2.5 mm above base,ca.1.2 cm,abaxial ones adnate to corolla ca.3 mm above base,ca.1.5 cm;filaments glabrous;anthers reniform,thecae confluent;staminode ca.1 mm.Pistil 1.4-1.7 cm,glabrous.Style ca.5 mm.Capsule 4-6 cm,glabrous.Fl.Aug-Sep,fr.Sep-Oct.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Gesneriaceae
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Genus: Oreocharis
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