HOI Wang, Song & Liu, 2005
Distribution : China (Zhejiang)
Description :
Perennial, glabrous herb, with brownish spots.
Stems succulent, simple, erect, 8-10 cm high, rooting at nodes.
Leaves dimorphic, in lower part alternate, elliptic or obovate, 2-4 x 1-2.5 mm, apex obtuse, base slightly attenuate, almost not spurred, leaves in upper part linear, 6-25 x 1-1.5 mm, apex obtuse, base attenuate, shortly spurred.
Flowers 5-merous, terminal, single, sessile, sepals triangular-ovate or narrowly ovate, unequal, 1.5-2.5 mm long, apex obtuse or acute, base shortly spurred, petals yellow, lanceolate, 5-6 x 1.5-2 mm, apex acuminate, filaments ca 3 mm long, anthers blackish, squamae obtusely quadrangular, small, almost invisible, carpels lanceolate, 3.5-4 mm long, follicles stellately-divergent, seeds small.
Flowering and fruiting time July - August.
Similar to S. leptophyllum Fröderström.
Published in Acta Botanica Yunnanica 27(4): 381-382, 2005 with illustration.