形態特徵

• Undershrub; branches red-purplish, more or less hirsute.
• Leaves mem¬branaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 5–8 cm long, 1.5–3 cm broad, the apex acuminate, apiculate, the base obtuse to rounded, the margins serrulate, both surfaces subglabrous; petioles 1–2 cm long, hirsute.
• Spikes androgynous, axillary, 3–4 cm long, erect. Male flowers at base of spike, 5–6 at each node; bracts minute, ovate; sepals 4, oblong. Female flowers solitary, each with a bract.
• Capsules 3-lobed, hirsute; seeds complanate-ovoid, about 1.5 mm long, 1 mm broad, smooth, the apex short-beaked.

分布

• 台灣 : Endemic. Confined to Hengchun Peninsula.

引證標本

PINGTUNG: Wuweishan, Matuda 1139; Kuraru, Chuang 1139.

參考文獻

• HUANG, TSENG-CHIENG, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 3: 421-422. .  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)