华重楼 hua chong lou

Paris chinensis Franchet, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 10: 97. 1887; Daiswa chinensis (Franchet) Takhtajan; D. chinensis subsp. brachysepala (Pampanini) Takhtajan; P. brachysepala Pampanini; P. brevipetala Y. K. Yang; P. formosana Hayata.

Plants 40--130 cm tall. Leaves 5--10(or 11). Inner tepals shorter than outer ones. Filaments 5--6 mm; anthers 1--1.2 cm; free portion of connective 0.5--1.5(--2) mm. 2 n = 10*.

Forests, bamboo forests, thickets; 2800--3000 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan [Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].