Stellaria zangnanensis L. H. Zhou

Stems yellow, 10--30 cm tall, glandular hairy. Leaves sessile, ovate, 0.5--1.5 cm × 3--7 mm, both surfaces glandular pubescent, base rounded, margin ciliate, apex acute. Flowers numerous, in terminal cymes; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 5--10 × 2--3 mm, both surfaces glandular pubescent, base rounded, apex acuminate. Pedicel 0.5--1.5 cm, densely glandular pubescent. Sepals 5, lanceolate, 3--4 × ca. 1 mm, outside glandular pubescent, base broad, margin membranous, apex acuminate. Petals 5, 2--3 mm, 2-cleft nearly to base; lobes linear. Stamens 8, subequaling petals. Styles 3, linear. Capsules narrowly ovoid, 3--4 × ca. 1 mm, subequaling or slightly longer than persistent sepals. Seeds brown, orbicular-reniform, rugulose. Fl. May--Jul, fr. Jul--Aug.

Xizang, Yunnan.

* Grassy valleys; (1900--)2300--2700 m.