Bolanthus aziz-sancarii
Bolanthus aziz-sancarii
Perennial herb. Stems forming lax cushions, 4.5–15 cm in diam, ascendant-erect, base 0.8–1.2 mm diam, entirely covered with eglandular and glandular hairs. Stems short, 8–12-noded, internodes 4–8 mm, glandular-hairy. Leaves linear-setaceous, 4–5.5 3 0.5–0.7 mm, glandular-hairy, 3- nerved, greenish, rigid, apex acute; sheath membranous, 0.2–0.3 mm, glandular-hairy. Inflorescence terminal, densely glandular-hairy, 1–3-flowered, flowers pedicellate. Bracts lanceolate, 5.5–7 3 0.9–1.2 mm, as long as calyx; edge with ciliae 0.1–0.15 mm long; apex acute. Pedicels 1–2 mm long, densely glandular-hairy. Calyx tubular, densely glandularhairy, 5.5–7 3 1.3–1.7 mm, with 5 projecting ribs; teeth lanceolate, 1–1.5 mm long, apex acute. Petals linear-oblong, 7–8.5 3 0.8–1.2 mm, 1.5 times longer than calyx, entirely white, without purple veins; apex emarginate; base cuneate. Stamens 10, filaments 4–6 mm. Styles 2, 4–6 mm long. Capsule oblong, 5–6.5 3 1.3–1.7 mm, 2–4-seeded, usually as long as calyx. Seeds comma-shaped, with prominent radicle, 0.9–1.1 3 0.6–0.8 mm, brown.
Endemic.