Polygonatum umbellatum Baker.

Rhizome terete, 1--2 cm thick. Stem erect, 30--100 cm, glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole very short; leaf blade ovate or ovate-elliptic, rarely ovate-oblong, 4--8(--10) × 2--5 cm, glabrous, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescences corymblike, (3--)5--12(--17)-flowered; peduncle 3--5 cm; bracts borne on proximal part of pedicel, very small, or absent. Flowers pendulous; pedicel 0.5--1.5 cm. Perianth white or reddish, cylindric-campanulate, 1.5--2 cm; lobes 4--5 mm. Filaments ca. 5 mm, narrowly 3-winged, scurfy-scabrous; anthers ca. 4 mm. Ovary 3--4 mm. Style 1--1.3 cm. Berries deep blue, 7--11 mm in diam., 7- or 8-seeded. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Sep. 2 n = 22*.

* Forests, shaded slopes; 400--1500 m. Hebei, Liaoning, ?Nei Mongol, Shandong, Shanxi.