Characters	L. xuyongensis	L. miyiensis	L. paridiformis var. stenophylla	L. phyllocephala var. polycephala
Stems	prostrate at base	erect	erect	often prostrate at base
	white multicellular hairs, persist	rust-colored villous	glabrous	pubescent or glabrescent
Leaves	4	6 to many	6 to many	6 to many
	lower leaves scalelike	lower leaves scalelike	lower leaves scalelike	none
	with reddish glandular punctation	with black glandular punctation	with black glandular stripes	without glandular
	ovate to broadly ovate or rhomboid-ovate	broadly ovate	narrowly elliptic to broadly lanceolate or linearlanceolate	ovate-lanceolate
Flowers	bracts ovate-lanceolate	bracts linear	bracts absent	bracts ovate-lanceolate
	pedicel less than 0.5 cm	pedicel 1–2 cm	Pedicel 0.3–1.5 cm	pedicel 0.1–0.7 cm
	calyx lobes oblong- lanceolate, glabrous or sparsely ciliate	Calyx lobes linear- lanceolate, long hairs on midvein and margin	calyx lobes lanceolate, glabrous or sparsely ciliate	calyx lobes lanceolate, bristly
	corolla lobes without glandular	corolla lobes sparsely minutely black glandular	corolla lobes with or without black glandular stripes	corolla lobes sparsely transparent glandular
	ovary glabrous	ovary glabrous	ovary glabrous	ovary apex puberulous