云南球子草 yun nan qiu zi cao

Stem short. Leaves 2--5; petiole 15--25 cm; leaf blade linear-oblong, 25--35 × ca. 3 cm, with 8--10 main veins, apex caudate. Scape 10--13 cm. Inflorescence a raceme, 5--7 cm; bracts lanceolate-oblong, 5--10 mm. Flowers solitary; pedicel 1--3 mm; bracteole 1, 3--4 mm. Perianth purplish green, 1.2--1.6 cm in diam.; tube ca. 1.5 × 5--6 mm, proximally adnate to ovary; lobes ovate, 4--6 × ca. 4 mm. Corona ca. 2 mm wide; anthers ca. 2 mm. Style short; stigma capitate. Fl. Nov. 2 n = 36*.

* Forests; 200--1800 m. SE Yunnan (Hekou Yao Zu Zizhixian, Malipo Xian).