Zygophyllum kansuense Y. X. Liou

Herbs, perennial, 7-15 cm tall, much branched, papillose or bristled when young. Roots thick, woody. Stipules distinct, rotund-lanceolate, margin membranous. Leaves with 2 leaflets; petiole 2-4 mm, papillose-bristled, narrowly winged; leaflet blades obovate to oblong, 6-15 × 3-5 mm, apex obtuse. Flowers axillary, solitary or paired. Pedicel 1-3 mm, papillose, later deciduous. Sepals 5, obovate to elliptic, ca. 5 mm, margin white. Petals 5, white or slightly orangish red, as long as sepals. Stamens shorter than petals, with scale-form appendages. Capsule lanceolate, 1.5-2 × ca. 0.5 cm, slightly ribbed, apex acuminate. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jun-Sep.

● Deserts, plains. Gansu.