长柄黄精 chang bing huang jing

Rhizome branched, tuberous terete, 5--6 mm thick. Stem erect, ca. 35 cm, hirsutulous. Leaves ca. 11, alternate; petiole short, ca. 2 mm; leaf blade ovate-elliptic, 6--12 × 2.5--7 cm, glabrous, base subrounded, apex shortly acuminate. Inflorescences 5- or 6-flowered; peduncle 2.5--5 cm, laxly pubescent; bracts caducous or absent. Pedicel 0.8--1.5 cm. Perianth ca. 7 mm; lobes lanceolate-ovate, 1.5--2 mm. Filaments very short, ca. 0.7 mm, glabrous; anthers ovate-lanceolate, 1.8--2 mm. Fl. Jul.

* Forested slopes; 1800--1900 m. S Sichuan (Leibo Xian), SE Yunnan (Mengzi Xian).