生活型

herb

形態特徵

• Perennial herb; rhizome erect to acending, rather stout; stem up to 25 cm high, creeping to ascending, sometimes rooting at nodes.
• Leaves 1–5 cm long, 1–4 cm broad, elliptic to elliptic-ovate or ovate-cordate, cordate at base with rounded basal lobes, acute at apex, shallowly crenate on margin, subdentate on lobes, wingless, usually hirsute, rarely slightly pubescent, membraneous or herbaceous; petioles 1–15 cm long, slender, hirsute; stipules 3–16 mm long, 2–6 mm broad, ovate to lanceolate, acuminate at apex, fimbriate or laciniate on margin, glabrous.
• Flowers 15–24 mm across, pale purple to almost white with darker veins; peduncles pilose; sepals 3–7 mm long, 1–1.5 mm broad, lanceolate, acute at apex, entire, sparsely pubescent; appendages ca. 0.5 mm long, rounded; petals obovate to oblanceolate, the basal usually one shorter than the others, emarginate at apex, the lateral pair bearded, rarely beardless; spurs 0.8–2 mm long, exceeding calycine appendages, cylindrical, obtuse; styles 1.4–1.6 mm long, geniculate at base, clavate distally, spex distinctly lobed on both sides, with anterior stigmatic beak.
• Capsules 6–9 mm long, ellipsoid, glabrous. Seeds ovoid, 1–1.2 mm long.
• Chromosome number n= 12.

分布

• 台灣 : Endemic.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Lalashan-Fushan, Yang 1340. ILAN: Taipingshan, Huang et al. 10779. TAOYUAN: Tsutuan-Ssuling, Wang 3521; HSINCHU: Kwanwu, Wang 4128. TAICHUNG: Anmashan, Huang 8092. NANTOU: Tsueifeng, Wang 4196. CHIAYI: Arishan, Bandaizan, Hayata s. n. 1912 (Type of V. adenothrix, TI!). KAOHSIUNG: Takuanshan, Wang 4238. PINGTUNG: Ali, Wang 3448. TAITUNG: Lisung-Shiangyang, Wang 2059; Chiakankei, Mori s. n. 1908 (Type of V. thricopoda, TI!). HUALIEN: Chingshuishan, Wang 2307.

參考文獻

• WANG, JENN-CHE and HUANG, TSENG-CHIENG, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 3: 808. 1993.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)