高山贝母 gao shan bei mu

Fritillaria himalaica Y. K. Yang et al.

Bulb of 2 scales, ovoid. Stem 8--22 cm. Leaves 2 or 3, subopposite or alternate; leaf blade elliptic to suboblong, 1.9--3.3 × 0.7--2 cm, apex obtuse. Inflorescence 1-flowered. Flower nodding. Tepals yellowish, heavily tessellated with purplish brown, ca. 1.7 × 0.7 cm. Stamens ca. 1/2 as long as tepals; filaments glabrous; anthers dorsifixed. Style 3-lobed; lobes ca. 2.5 mm. Capsule wingless. Fl. Jul.

* Moist and gravelly places, open flood lands; 5000--5100 m. S Xizang.