珍珠花(原变种) zhen zhu hua (yuan bian zhong)

Andromeda ovalifolia Wallich, Asiat. Res. 13: 391. 1820; Pieris ovalifolia (Wallich) D. Don; Xolisma ovalifolia (Wallich) Rehder.

Leaf blade ovate or elliptic, (4–)8–10(–21) × (2–)4–6 (–11.5) cm, abaxially white pubescent or brown strigose, base obtuse to cordate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences with leaflike bracts. Filaments with 2 distinct spurs ca. 0.5 mm. Capsule sutures often quite thick. 2n = 24.

Forests, forest margins, thickets, open and dry slopes; 700–3400 m. Fujian, S Gansu (Wenxian), Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam].