生活型

herb

形態特徵

• A fleshy herb; stems glabrous, decumbent at base, rooting at nodes, erect upwards, non-branched, 17–25 cm high.
• Leaves alternate, oblanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, 20–25 mm long, 0.5 mm broad, obtuse at apex, cuneate at base, entire.
• Flowers in cymes, sessile; sepals 5, unequal, linear or linear-lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm long, 0.5 mm broad, obtuse at apex, green, glabrous; petals 5, linear-lanceolate, 6 mm long, 0.2 mm broad, acuminate at apex, yellow; stamens 10, 2-whorled; anthers yellow, subcordate at base, obtuse at apex; glands 5; carpels 5, connate at base, stigma beak-like, 2 mm long.
• Follicles 5, coriaceous, 4–5 mm long, 0.1 mm broad; testa yellow.

物候

Flowering and fruiting periods from August to October.

分布

• 台灣 : On mountain at altitudes from 1,800 to 3,000 m.

引證標本

ILAN: Taipingshan, Suzuki s. n. 1928. NANTOU: Chitou, Chung 211. CHIAYI: Alishan, Huang & Kao 1779. TAITUNG: Chihmou, Chung 286.

參考文獻

• TANG, WEI-SHIN and HUANG, TSENG-CHIENG, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 3: 28. 1993.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)