生活型

herb

形態特徵

• A herb, up to 16 cm high; stems slender, covered with appressed hairs.
• Leaves oblong, 2–3 cm long, 5–7 mm wide, acute at the apex, the upper surface glabrous, the lower surface pubscent; stipules abscent.
• Flowers in terminal racemes, sometimes axillary, 1–3-flowered; bracts and bracteoles small, linear, 6–8 mm long; calyx 8–12 mm long, densely clothed with silky hairs; corolla whitish-yellow, as long as the calyx.
• Pods glabrous, 10–15 mm long, enclosed by the calyx, 15–20-seeded.(fruit長寬=2:1)

分布

• 台灣 : In the dry and open place, including grassland, slope of hill, at the elevation of below 700 m high, in central and southern parts.
• 世界 : In eastern India to southern China, Malaysia and the Philippines

引證標本

KAOHSIUNG: Tenchu, Huang 14392. PINGTUNG: Chialoshui, Huang 213*; Chiupeng, Huang 1688.

參考文獻

• Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang, Taiwania 32(1): 11-118. 1987.
• Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 3: 224. .  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit., 台灣植物誌第二版)