Myricaria prostrata Hook. f. & Thomson ex Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 1: 161. 1862, p.p. M. germanica (L.) Desv. var.prostrata (Hook. f. & Thomson ex Benth. & Hook. f.) Dyer in Fl. Brit. India 1: 250. 1874, p.p. M. hedinii Paulsen in Hedin, S. Tibet 32: 54. 1922.

Much branched, prostrate, dwarf undershrubs. Leaves 2 - 4 x 1 mm, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate. Racemes 1 - 3-flowered; scales at base of peduncle ca 1.5 x 1 mm, broadly, ovate, obtuse at apex. bracts ca 3 x 2 mm, ovate. Flowers pale pink; pedicels 1 - 2 mm long. Sepals ca 3.5 x 1.5 mm, ovate to oblong-elliptic, obtuse to subacute at apex, subentire. Petals ca 5 x 2.5 mm, obovate. Stamens connate to about half their length; free part of longer filaments ca 2 mm long, of shorter ca 1.5 mm long. Ovary ca 3 mm long. Capsules 1.2 - 1.4 cm long. Seeds narrowed at base, ca 1 mm long; coma sessile, ca 5 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. June - Oct.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir (border of Ladakh); rare.

China (Tibet).