TABLE 1. Comparison of Oreocharis hapii, O. benthamii var. reticulata, O. cotinifolia, and O. dayaoshanioides.
Characters O. hapii O. benthamii var. reticulata O. cotinifolia O. dayaoshanioides
Stolons present absent absent absent
Leaf
size (cm) 1.6–3.3 × 1.5–2.7 3.9–8 × 2.9–5 3–8.5 × 2.5–5.5 2.5–5.5 × 2.3–4.8
indumentum
adaxially scabrous pubescent puberulent villous
abaxially scabrous, densely woolly and scabrous along veins pubescent to densely woolly puberulent villous along veins
margin entire shallowly serrate or crenate to entire subentire to indistinctly crenulate distinctly serrulate
Inflorescence 1–3-flowered 8–15-flowered 1–2-flowered multi-flowered
Corolla sub-actinomorphic sub-zygomorphic zygomorphic zygomorphic
tube campanulate broadly tubular to narrowly funnelform campanulate campanulate
lobes spreading nearly erect, in line with tube spreading spreading
colour white white to pale blueish-purple pink to pinkish-white pink
stamens
number 4 4 1–3 2
colour yellow yellow reddish-purple to pinkishyellow gray
staminodes 1 1 2 0 or 2
stigma T-shaped disc-shaped T-shaped disc-shaped