兔耳草属tuercaoshuGymnandraPallas.PDFVIP

Flora of China 18: 80–84. 1998. 39. LAGOTIS Gaertner, Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14: 533. 1770. 兔耳草属 tu er cao shu Gymnandra Pallas. Herbs, perennial, fleshy, glabrous. Rhizomes stout. Lateral roots few to numerous. Stems 1 to numerous, or main stem inconspicuous, unbranched. Leaves mostly basal; petiole winged, base often dilated; leaf blade margin entire, serrate, or pinnately parted. Scapes 1 to numerous. Inflorescences narrowly spicate or capitate, densely flowered; bracts imbricate. Bracteoles absent. Calyx spathelike, lower side splitting to base, upper side lobed or splitting to base, membranous, margin ciliate. Corolla 2-lipped; lower lip 2–4-lobed; upper lip entire or 2-lobed. Stamens 2, inserted at corolla sinuses or filaments adnate to margin near base of upper lip and as long as lip or shorter; anthers mostly reniform. Ovary 2-loculed. Stigma capitate or 2-lobed. Fruit drupaceous. Seeds 1 or 2. About 30 species: northern hemisphere; 17 species in China. 1a. Plants without conspicuous main stem. 2a. Plants stoloniferous; corolla 4–6 mm. 3a. Root crown enclosed by fibrous remnants of old leaves; leaves entire 1. L . brachystachya 3b. Root crown without remnants of old leaves; leaves pinnately parted 2. L .pharica 2b. Plants not stoloniferous; corolla 6–10 mm. 4a. Flowering stems not scapose; spikes elongated; rhizomes short 5. L . decumbens 4b. Flowering stems scapose; spikes ovoid; rhizomes long. 5a. Petioles and leaves abaxially purple-red; bracts to 1.5 cm, subleathery 3. L .praecox 5b. Petioles and leaves abaxially not purple-red; bracts ca. 0.8 cm, papery 4. L . ramalana 1b. Plants with conspicuous erect stem. 6a. Corolla tube straight; style short. 7a. Leaf blade thin, papery; anther subsagittate. 8a. Stem leaves sessile, smalle