胡麻花 hu ma hua

Helonias umbellata (Baker) N. Tanaka; Heloniopsis acutifolia Hayata; H. arisanensis Hayata ex Honda; H. taiwaniana S. S. Ying; Sugerokia acutifolia (Hayata) Koidzumi; S. arisanensis (Hayata ex Honda) Koidzumi; S. umbellata (Baker) Koidzumi.

Leaves basal; petiole 0.5--2 cm; leaf blade oblanceolate to obovate, 1.5--14 × 0.6--2.2 cm, margin usually slightly undulate, apex acute to shortly caudate. Scape 4--20 cm; cauline, scale leaves 4--6, lanceolate to oblong, 6--10 mm. Inflorescence often umbellate, sometimes umbellate-racemose, 3--10-flowered. Ped-icel 5--11(--20) mm. Tepals white tinged with pink, linear-oblanceolate, 6--13 × 2--3 mm. Stamens free, slightly exserted; filaments purplish; anthers ca. 2 mm. Style filiform, 0.8--1 mm. Fl. Jan--Apr. 2 n = 34*.

* Moist rocks; 700--2500 m. Taiwan.