Cynoglossum spec. a
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Description
Perennial herbs, stems arising from rooting, subhorizontal, subterranean shoots, 40-50 cm high, with few branches, with long, spreading to retrorse, fairly dense, flexuous hairs.
Leaves ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, petiole 0.5-1 cm in lower, 0-0.3 cm in upper leaves, blade 7-8 by 2-2.5 cm in lower, 2.5-5 by 0.6-1.2 cm in upper leaves, 2-6.5 by 0.6-1.2 cm in sterile, lateral branchlets, tapering towards base or rounded, sessile, acute, with 5-7 pairs of primary lateral nerves especially distinct on lower side, hairs subpatent, irregularly directed on upper, rigid, arising from mineralized cells on lower side.
Stamens: anthers nearly sessile, placed below fornices.