香石蒜 xiang shi suan

Bulbs ovoid, ca. 3 cm in diam. Leaves appearing in early spring, green, ligulate but gradually tapering toward apex, ca. 50 × 1.2 cm, midvein inconspicuously pale, apex obtuse. Perianth white with red midvein in bud, gradually changing to yellowish pink; tube ca. 1 cm; lobes adaxially with scattered, red stripes, abaxially with purple midvein, oblanceolate, ca. 5 × 1.2 cm, margin minutely undulate. Stamens nearly as long as perianth; filament purple. Style purple, darker at apex, slightly longer than perianth. Fl. Sep. 2 n = 30*.

* Mountain slopes. Hubei, Yunnan.