匍匐球子草 pu fu qiu zi cao

Stem procumbent, 5.5--18.5 cm. Leaves 3 or 4; petiole (2--)7--20 cm; leaf blade oblong to elliptic, 11--17 × 3--6 cm, with 7 main veins. Scape ca. 3.5 cm. Inflorescence a raceme, 1.5--5 cm; bracts lanceolate, 5--10 mm, papery, apex caudate. Flowers solitary; pedicel ca. 3 mm; bracteole absent. Perianth purple, 6--7 mm in diam.; tube ca. 1 mm, proximally adnate to ovary; lobes ovate, 3--4 mm. Corona ca. 1 mm wide; anthers ca. 0.5 mm. Style short; stigma shortly 3-lobed. Seeds ellipsoid, 0.7--1.5 cm. Fr. Oct. 2 n = 36*.

* Evergreen broad-leaved forests, rainforests, bamboo forests; 400--2100 m. S Guangxi, S Yunnan.