Flowering from June to July; fruiting from August to December.
Daphne longilobata is close relative of Daphne depauperata, but differs from the latter in its leaf blade papery (vs. leathery), peduncle 8-10 mm (vs. 3 mm), drupe 8-12 mm (vs. 5 mm).
Daphne longilobata is occurring in SW Sichuan, E Xizang, NW Yunnan of China.
Shrubs evergreen, to 1.5 m tall, erect. Branches pale green, sometimes turning purplish brown, slender, pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 0.5-2 mm long, glabrous; leaf blade lanceolate or oblanceolate, 1.5-6 cm long, 0.6-1.1 cm wide, papery, both surfaces glabrous except sometimes for apical tuft of hairs when young, base narrowly cuneate, margin sometimes slightly revolute, apex obtuse or obtuse-rounded, rarely apiculate or retuse; veins 6-9 pairs. Inflorescences terminal, 3-5-flowered; peduncle 0.8-1 cm long, pubescent; bracts absent. Pedicel 1-2 mm long, pubescent. Calyx pale green, with white or very pale cream lobes; tube cylindric, 8-10 mm long, exterior pubescent; lobes 4, unequal, lanceolate, 5-7 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, abaxially glabrescent, apex long acuminate. Stamens 8, lower whorl inserted below middle of calyx tube, upper whorl between throat and middle of tube; filaments ca. 0.5 mm long; anthers oblong, ca. 1.5 mm long, pollen orange. Disk annular, margin shallowly undulate. Ovary ovoid, ca. 2 mm, glabrous; style short; stigma capitate. Drupe scarlet-red, ovoid-globose, 8-12 mm long.
The chromosomal number of Daphne longilobata is 2n = 18 (Tan, 1980).
Growing in forests, shrubby slopes, among rocks; 1600-3500 m.
Daphne longilobata is used as a stock for grafting.
Daphne longilobata is a shrub, of the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to China, specifically southwestern Sichuan, eastern Xizang, and northwestern Yunnan.[2]
The shrub is evergreen, and grows to 1.5 meters tall. Its slender branches are pale green. It is often found in forests, shrubby slopes, and among rocks at around 1600–3500 meters in altitude.[2]
Two subspecies are recognized:[1]
The Flora of China accepts D. purpurascens as a separate species, distinguishing it by a shorter purplish-red calyx rather than a longer pale green, cream or white calyx.[3]
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) Daphne longilobata is a shrub, of the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to China, specifically southwestern Sichuan, eastern Xizang, and northwestern Yunnan.
