毛重楼 mao chong lou

Daiswa pubescens (Handel-Mazzetti) Takhtajan; D. violacea (H. Léveillé) Takhtajan; Paris polyphylla Smith var. pubescens Handel-Mazzetti; P. pubescens (Handel-Mazzetti) F. T. Wang & T. Tang; P. violacea H. Léveillé.

Plants papillose-pubescent, to 1 m tall. Rhizome 1--2 cm thick. Leaves 5--9; petiole rather short; leaf blade deep green, tinged with pale green along veins, oblong, obovate-oblanceolate, or oblanceolate, 5--14 × 2--5 cm, base cuneate or subrounded. Outer tepals (4 or)5--8(or 9), green, oblong-lanceolate, 3--7 × 1--2 cm; inner ones equaling or longer than outer ones, 1(--2) mm wide. Stamens (8--)10--16(--18), 1.1--1.5 cm; filaments usually 5--8 mm; anthers 7--9 mm; free portion of connective 0.5--1 mm, apex acute. Ovary purple-red, conical-ovoid, 1-loculed. Style short; stigma lobes 5--8. Capsule purple. Seeds wholly enveloped by red aril. Fl. May--Jul, fr. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 10*.

* Forests, thickets, alpine grassy slopes; 1800--3500 m. Guizhou, W Sichuan, N Yunnan.