换锦花 huan jin hua

Bulbs ovoid, ca. 3.5 cm in diam. Leaves appearing in early spring, green, ligulate, ca. 30 × 1 cm, apex obtuse. Flowering stem ca. 60 cm. Umbel 4--6-flowered; involucres 2, ca. 3.5 × 1.2 cm. Perianth pale purple; tube 1--1.5 cm; lobes often bluish at apex, oblanceolate, ca. 4.5 × 1 cm, margin not undulate. Stamens nearly as long as perianth. Style slightly longer than perianth. Capsule 3-angled, loculicidal. Seeds black, subglobose, ca. 0.5 cm in diam. Fl. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 22*.

* Sparse forests, bamboo forests, shady and wet places on slopes; ca. 100 m. Anhui, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang.