Cynoglossum hellwigii
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Description
Annual or biennial herb.
Leaves elliptical oblong, oblong, elliptical, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate; petiole 4-7 cm long in lower leaves, gradually decreasing in length upwards; blade 12-15 by 3.5-5 cm, long tapering towards petiole in lower leaves, 7-10 by 1-3 cm in middle, 1.5-6 by 0.3-1.5 cm, sessile with narrow base in upper leaves, obtuse to subacute, with numerous, very distinct nerves on both sides, strigose with antrorse longer and shorter hairs, the longer ones arising from groups of mineralized cells on upper, with soft, spreading hairs denser along the nerves on lower side.
Inflorescence much branched, cymes divaricate, ebracteate; pedicels less than 1 mm in flower, 1-3 mm in fruit, patent or curved downwards, densely hairy.
Stamens: filaments very short, anthers ovate, half the size of the fornices, reaching their bases.