Fordiophyton brevicaule C. Chen

Herbs to 15 cm tall (including inflorescence), stoloniferous. Stems 2-3 cm, 4-sided, glabrous except for reddish spiny trichomes at nodes. Leaves in a basal or sub-basal rosette; petiole 1-3 cm, both sides sparsely spreading setose, abaxially ± with glandular trichomes; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 3.5-8 × 2-5 cm, papery to subpapery, abaxially sparsely setose on veins otherwise glabrous, adaxially glabrous and minutely tuberculate, secondary veins 3 on each side of midvein, base cordate, margin sparsely denticulate with each tooth having a terminal seta, apex acute. Inflorescences terminal, cymose paniculate, 9-11-flowered; peduncle 4.5-11 cm, glabrous; bracts 2, lanceolate, ca. 6 mm. Pedicel ca. 5 mm but to 1.3 cm in fruit, glabrous. Hypanthium narrowly funnel-shaped, 4-6 mm, 4-sided, glabrous. Calyx lobes lanceolate, ca. 7 × 2 mm, apex acuminate. Petals purple, ovate, ca. 9 × 5 mm, apex with 1 glandular trichome at tip. Longer stamens ca. 1.4 cm; anthers linear, ca. 8 mm, base an obtuse forked spur; connective minutely bulged. Shorter stamens ca. 6.2 mm; anthers ovate, ca. 1.2 mm. Ovary half inferior, obovate, apex truncate and with a membranous crown. Capsule broadly campanulate to almost cup-shaped, ca. 6 mm in diam.; hypanthium exceeding capsule, 4-sided. Fl. Jun.

● Near coast, below hills, grassy areas, shaded damp places; near sea level. Hong Kong.

Fordiophyton brevicaule là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Mua. Loài này được C. Chen mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1980.

短茎异药花（学名：Fordiophyton brevicaule），为野牡丹科异药花属下的一个种。