生活型

shrub

形態特徵

• Low shrubs, 1–1.5m tall; bark of older branches longitudinally cracked, branchlets pubescent.
• Leaves ovate to linear-oblong or elliptic-globose, dentate to crenate, sometimes entire, 0.6–1.5(–2) cm long, 0.2–1(–1.3) cm broad, on branchlets with rapid elongation up to 3 cm long, 2.0 cm broad, base obtuse to cordate, apex acute to round, lower surface pale.
• Peduncles 1–4 together, subtended by a bract. Cymes lateral or terminal, in panicle-like clusters. Flowers sessile, on 1- or 2-flowered peduncles with bracteoles; bracteoles usually 4, whorled ; calyx tube linear-lanceolate, 3–4 mm long in flower, ca. 5 mm long in fruit, lobes obovate, 4–5 mm long in flower, 5–9 mm long in fruit; corolla tubular-campanulate, pink turning white in age, ca. 1 cm long; lobe subequal; stamens exserted; style exserted.
• Fruit linear-lanceolate, ca. 5 mm long, crowned with elongated calyx lobes.
• <i>Abelia chinensis</i> is characterized by the exserted stamens and style and leaves 2–5 cm long. Variety ionandra usually has leaves less than 2 cm long.

分布

• 台灣 : in rocky places on Keelung Island and along the eastern coast below 1500m.
• 世界 : The typical variety occurs in southern China; variety <i>ionandra</i> is endemic to Taiwan.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Keelung Isl., C. I. Peng 14118; Neiliao, Liu & Kao s. n. 1954. HUALIEN: Luishui, S. T. Chiu & W. M. Lin 2676; Fushih to Chingshui, Sasaki s. n. 1915; Chilaichi, Suzuki 1875; Patakang to Tienhsiang, Shimizu & Kao 10652; Taluko, Suzuki 9952.

參考文獻

• YANG, Kuoh-Cheng and CHIU, Shau-Ting, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 4: 738. 1998.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)