Myricaria rosea W. Smith in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 10: 52. 1917. M. 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.

Prostrate undershrubs with numerous ascending branches. Leaves 2 - 8 x 1 - 2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, oblong-ovate or ovate, subentire, obtuse or acute at apex. Racemes erect, 2 - 5 (-12) x 1 - 2(-3) cm;scales at base of peduncle 3.5 - 8 x 1 - 2 mm, ovate-lanceolate to ovate, acute to subacute at apex, reddish; bracts lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute to subacute at apex, subentire to denticulate. Flowers rose, rose-purple or reddish-purple; pedicels 1 - 2 mm long. Sepals lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute to subacute at apex, subequal. Petals obovate-spathulate to obovate, cucullate. Stamens connate to 3/4 - 2/3 of their length; free part of longer filaments 1.5 - 2 mm long, of shorter ca 1 mm long. Ovary 4 - 5 mm long. Seeds ovoid, obovoid or ellipsoid, 1 - 1.5 mm long; coma 4.5 - 6 mm long.

Fl. May - July; Fr. July - Sept.

Distrib. India: On river beds and strewn borders in the alpine region between 3300 and 5200 m. Uttar Pradesh (Kumaon) and Sikkim.

Nepal, Bhutan and China (S.E. Tibet, Yunnan).

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