长梗黄精 chang geng huang jing

Rhizome moniliform, sometimes terete-moniliform, 1--1.5 cm thick. Stem erect, 30--70 cm, glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole 2--4 mm; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, 6--12 × 3--7 cm, shortly pubescent on veins abaxially. Inflorescences 2--7-flowered; peduncle very slender, 3--8 cm; bracts caducous or absent. Flowers ± pendulous; pedicel 0.5--1.5 cm. Perianth yellowish green, cylindric, 1.5--2 cm; lobes ca. 4 mm. Filaments ca. 4 mm, shortly cottony; anthers 2.5--3 mm. Ovary ca. 4 mm. Style 1--1.4 cm. Berries ca. 8 mm in diam., 2--5-seeded. Fl. Apr--May, fr. Sep--Oct. 2 n = 16*, 18*.

* Forests, thickets, grassy slopes; 200--600 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang.