PARVISEPALUM ssp. PARVISEPALUM

Distribution : Taiwan ( Nantou, Chiayi, Taitung and Yilan County), on mountains 1800 - 3000 m.

Description (according to Flora of Taiwan, 1993) :

A glabrous, fleshy perennial.

Stems decumbent at base, rooting at nodes, erect upwards, not branched, 17-25 cm high.

Leaves alternate, oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 20-25 x 0.5 mm, apex obtuse, base cuneate.

Flowers 5-merous, yellow, in cymes, sessile.

Sepals unequal, linear or linear-lanceolate, 1.5-3 x 0.5 mm, apex obtuse.

Petals linear-lanceolate, 6 x 2 mm, apex acuminate.

Flowering and fruiting August – October.

Fu & Fu (1984) included S. parvisepalum in the synonymy of S. microsepalum.

S. parvisepalum ssp. parvisepalum is endemic to Taiwan.