台东球子草 tai dong qiu zi cao

Stem short. Petiole 3--5 cm, slightly compressed; leaf blade not shining, oblong to ovate-oblong, 6--8 × 1.5--2 cm, thickly papery, with 5 main veins, apex abruptly acuminate. Scape 4--5 cm. Inflorescence a raceme, 3--5 cm; bracts lanceolate, 3--10 mm. Flowers solitary; pedicel 1.5--2 mm; bracteole 1. Perianth purple, ca. 3 mm; tube turbinate, proximally adnate to ovary; lobes deltoid-ovate, slightly shorter than tube, apex obtuse. Corona narrow. Style short. Seeds ovoid. Fl. Jul. 2 n = 34*, 36*.

* Forests; 1400--1600 m. SE Taiwan (Taidong Xian).