高山丫蕊花 gao shan ya rui hua

Helonias alpina (F. T. Wang & Tang) N. Tanaka.

Leaves several, basally gradually narrowed to a petiole; petiole 3--4 cm; leaf blade lanceolate, 7--8 × 1--1.4 cm, apex acute. Scape 22--26 cm, much longer than basal leaves. Raceme rather narrow, 2--6-flowered. Pedicel 3--4 mm. Tepals yellow, linear to linear-lanceolate, 7--12 × 1.5--2 mm. Stamens 4--9 mm, shorter than tepals at anthesis. Ovary slightly 3-lobed apically. Style 2.5--6 mm; stigma shortly to moderately 3-lobed; lobes 0.3--0.5 mm. Capsule shorter than tepals. Fl. Jul--Oct.

Thicket margins, grasslands; 2000--4300 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Myanmar].