Ardisia brunnescens E. Walker

Shrubs 0.5-1(-3) m tall, glabrous. Branchlets somewhat angled, 2.5-3.5 mm in diam., glabrous. Petiole marginate, (5-) 7-12 mm; leaf blade elliptic, 8-14 × 3.5-6 cm, papery, base broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex acute or broadly acuminate; lateral veins 10-15 on each side of midrib, marginal vein undulate, ± interrupted. Inflorescences subterminal, paniculate, on specialized lateral branches 5-9 cm, with 1 or 2 reduced apical leaves, branches umbellate. Flowers papery, pink, ca. 4 mm. Pedicel subclavate, ca. 1 cm, slender. Sepals ovate, ca. 1.5 mm, punctate, sometimes sparsely scaly, base smooth, margin opaque, minutely ciliate, apex broadly acute. Petals ovate, ca. 4 mm, united at base; lobes densely and finely punctate, glabrous abaxially, minutely red glandular papillate near base adaxially, margin entire, opaque, apex acute. Stamens shorter than petals; filaments extremely short; anthers ovate, punctate or darkened dorsally, dehiscent by longitudinal slits, apex apiculate. Pistil as long as petals; ovary ovoid, glabrous; ovules numerous, multiseriate. Fruit dark reddish, globose, 6-7 mm in diam., pellucid punctate. Fl. Apr, fr. Oct-Jan.

Mixed forests, thickets, valleys, hillsides. Guangdong, Guangxi [Vietnam]

Ardisia glauca Pitard (1930) not Mez (1920).

Ardisia brunnescens là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Anh thảo. Loài này được E.Walker mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1937.

凹脉紫金牛（学名：Ardisia brunnescens）为紫金牛科報春花科下的一个种。