Cynoglossum gansuense Y. L. Liu

Herbs perennial, 30-60 cm. Stems erect, woody at base, branched above, appressed or spreading hispid, hairs discoid at base. Lower stem leaves linear-lanceolate, 9-16 × 1-1.5 cm, abaxially densely white pilose, adaxially densely short appressed hirsute, hairs discoid at base, base attenuate, margin entire to repand, apex acuminate. Inflorescences terminal and lateral, becoming more contracted paniculate, with lan-ceolate bracts. Pedicel 1-1.5 mm, to 1 cm in fruit. Calyx 4-5 mm; lobes spreading, linear to linear-lanceolate, to 1.3 cm in fruit, strigose and hispid outside, hairs discoid at base, pilose inside. Corolla blue, base 3-5 mm wide; throat appendages trapeziform, ca. 0.5 mm; limb 3-6 mm wide; lobes orbicular. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube; filaments ca. 0.7 mm; anthers oblong, ca. 1 mm. Style ca. 1.5 × 0.5 mm. Nutlets ovoid to long ovoid, 5-6.5 mm, with dense glochids; abaxially slightly concave, ± keeled along center line; attachment scar at apex adaxially, rhomboid-ovate. Fl. Jul.

C and SE Gansu, E Qinghai, S Ningxia, N Sichuan.

* Hillside meadows, in tussocks at forest margins, fields, roadsides; 1600-2900 m.

Cynoglossum gansuense là loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Mồ hôi. Loài này được Y.L.Liu mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1981.

甘肃琉璃草（学名：Cynoglossum gansuense），又名甘青琉璃草，为紫草科倒提壶属的植物，是中国的特有植物。分布于中国大陆的青海、甘肃、宁夏、四川等地，生长于海拔1,650米至2,900米的地区，常生长在山坡草地、林边草丛以及农田路边，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。