Ricotia candiriana

Perennial, glaucous herbs up to 6.5–18 cm, pilose, especially towards the base. Stem 6–13.5 cm, simply branched, ascending. Leaves decreasing in size from the base to the upper part of the stem; basal leaves pinnate, 26–60 × 7.0–24 mm, generally with 3–5 obovate-lanceolate to lanceolate segments, glabrescent to sparsely pilose, fleshy, green or reddish tinged; terminal segment 9.0–17.0 × 3.0–4.5 mm, entire or 2–3 lobed; lateral segments 7.0–11.0 × 1.5–3.0 mm, usually entire, sometimes upper lateral segments 2-lobed; petiole 15–35 mm. Stem leaves usually pinnate with 3–5 lanceolate to linear-lanceolate segments, sometimes simple, 6–25 × 2.3–14 mm, pilose, segments entire or 2- lobed; terminal segment 4–10 × 1–2 mm, linear-lanceolate to linear; lateral segments 3–9 × 1–2 mm, linear-lanceolate to linear; petiole 3–13 mm. Inflorescence usually with 5–10 flowers, elongating in fruit, pedunculate . Flowers pedicellate; pedicels 2–10 mm long; fruiting pedicels much thicker and recurved. Sepals 4.5–5.7 × 0.7–1.3 mm, green or purple tinged, closed, outer sepals slightly saccate at the base, membranous at margins; teeth triangular, 0.75–0.9 × 0.7–0.8 mm, generally purple tinged at the apex, obtuse. Petal claws 3.8–5.4 × 0.35–0.6 mm; lamina 1.4–3.5 × 1.2–2.5 mm, emarginate, mauve, yellowish at the base. Filaments 1.0–3.0 × 0.15–0.32 mm, widened at the base; anthers 1.1–2.7 × 0.2–0.3 mm. Pistil 2.24–2.69 mm long; ovary densely pubescent; stigma capitate. Siliqua 25–60 × 4.0–9.0 mm, sparsely pilose, with marginal veins; septum membranous. Seeds 9–17, winged, broadly elliptic to orbicular, 4.0–6.0 × 3.0–4.0 mm , light brown, with reticulate ornamentation; wings membranous, 0.4–1.2 mm wide.

Endemic.