红疆沿阶草 hong jiang yan jie cao

Roots numerous, ± long and thick. Stem not rhizomelike, short, with a few roots. Leaves in a single, subterminal tuft, grasslike; petiole 3--16 cm, winged; leaf blade adaxially deep green, abaxially glaucous, 15--60 cm × 7--13 mm, 11--15-veined, base attenuate, apex acute or obtuse. Scape 14--22 cm. Inflorescence a reduced panicle, 3--9 cm, 10--20-flowered; bracts ovate-lanceolate, basal one 0.8--1.4 cm. Flowers in clusters of 2--4, rarely solitary; pedicel 4--6 mm, articulate at middle or ± distally. Tepals white or pale purple, long ovate, 5--6 × 2--3 mm. Filaments ca. 0.5 mm; anthers pale green, lanceolate, 3--4 mm. Style 4--5 mm. Fl. Jul--Aug.

* Forests; ca. 1100 m. S Yunnan (Jiangcheng Hani-Yi Zu Zizhixian).