生活型

herb

形態特徵

• A fleshy herb, rhizomatous; aerial stems clumped at base, with many Leaves at terminal, 6–10 cm high.
• Leaves densely verticillate, scale spathulate, 10–15 mm long, 2.5–3 mm broad, nearly obtuse at apex, round attenuate at base, entire, glabrous.
• Flowers in cymes, terminal; sepals 5, oblong, green, 3–4 mm long, 0.9 mm broad, obtuse at apex; petals 5, lanceolate, 4–6 mm long, 1.2 mm broad, mucronate at apex, membranous at margin, yellow; stamens 10, 4 mm long, 2-whorled; glands obovate; carpels 5, lanceolate, 3 mm long.
• Seeds oblong, 0.6 mm long.

物候

Flowering and fruiting periods from June to September.

分布

• 台灣 : Grown on the rocky places of the central mountains at altitudes from 2,000 to 3,500 m.

引證標本

ILAN: Nanhutashan, Jeng 2004. HSINCHU: Tapachienshan, Yang & Wang s. n. 1987. TAICHUNG: Pilushi, Lu & Ou 3607; NANTOU: Tsuifeng to Sungkang, Wu et al. 7697. CHIAYI: Yushan, Takida s. n. 1940; HUALIEN: Tzuen, Chuang & Kao 4394.

參考文獻

• TANG, WEI-SHIN and HUANG, TSENG-CHIENG, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 3: 17. 1993.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)