白玉簪 bai yu zan

Plants white. Rhizome ellipsoid-obovoid, 12-15 × ca. 5 mm. Stem solitary, 5-6 cm. Leaves ovate-triangular, 4-7 mm, membranous, many veined, apex acute. Bracts subtending flowers ovate-triangular, 4-7 mm. Perianth white; posterior tepal elliptic, bladderlike, 1.2-1.4 × ca. 1 cm; inner whorl tepals linear, 4.5-6 cm. Staminal connective with an obtuse apical extension. Ovary elongated, ca. 5 mm. Fruit and seeds not seen. Fl. Jun.

● Dense forests, on humus-rich soil; 100-700 m. Guangdong (Fengkai).

The elevational range of the general region where Corsiopsis chinensis occurs is between 100 and 700 m, but the exact elevational range where the species occurs is unknown.