Long white curly ear

Perennial herb with long white curly ears, densely clustered, 6-20 cm high, and the whole plant is densely covered with hairs. The rhizome is thin, obliquely ascending and divergent. Stems are numerous, slender, slightly ascending, hairs on the lower part spread downward, hairs on the upper part spread horizontally, and sometimes short branchlets are drawn from leaf axils, and short leaf clusters are densely distributed on the branchlets. The leaves are slightly connected at the base, both sides and edges are puberulent, the lower leaves are oblanceolate and smaller, the base gradually narrows into a stalk, and the apex is slightly pointed; The middle cauline leaves are larger, lanceolate or linear lanceolate, 1.3-2 cm long and 2-4 mm wide, with wedge-shaped base, slightly sharp apex and obvious midvein; The upper leaves are smaller. Cymes are terminal, usually with 3-5 flowers; Bracts are herbaceous, broadly lanceolate, acute and sparsely pilose; Pedicel 4-15 mm long, densely covered with spreading hairs; Sepals oblong-lanceolate or suborbicular, 4-5 mm long, obtuse at the apex, puberulent on the back, and white membranous at the apex and margin; Petals are white, slightly longer than calyx, oblong-obovate, 5-5.5 mm long and 2-2.5 mm wide, with wedge-shaped base and hairless, and forked top 2-split to 1/5-1/4; Stamens 10, shorter than petals, filaments hairless; Ovary nearly spherical, 5 styles. Capsule cylindrical, 8-10 mm long, twice as long as sepals, slightly curved apex, 10-toothed, upright teeth, broadly ovoid seeds, slightly flat, 0.7-0.8 mm long, and warty surface. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruiting period is from July to August. Born in alpine tundra, rocky texture near alpine hot springs and wet gravel slope near crater lake. China (Northeast).
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