长苞球子草 chang bao qiu zi cao

Stem 2--3 cm. Leaves 2 or 3; petiole 15--30 cm; leaf blade linear-lanceolate, 17--30 × 2--3 cm, with 5 main veins, apex caudate. Scape 7--15 cm. Inflorescence a raceme, 8--15 cm; bracts lanceolate, 7--15 mm, herbaceous. Flowers solitary; pedicel 2--3 mm; bracteole 1, 2--3 mm. Perianth 6--8 mm in diam.; tube 3--4 mm, basally adnate to ovary; lobes deltoid-ovate, ca. 3 × 2.5 mm. Corona ca. 1 mm wide; anthers ca. 1 mm. Style ca. 1 mm; stigma capitate. Seeds narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 1.2 cm. Fl. Oct, fr. Jun. 2 n = 36*.

* Dense forests, evergreen broad-leaved forests; 1300--1800 m. SE Yunnan (Pingbian Miao Zu Zizhixian).