少花万寿竹 Disporum uniflorum

  • Scientific Name: Disporum uniflorum Baker ex S.Moore
  • Ref: J. Bot. 13:230. 1875
  • Synonym: Disporum flavens Kitag.
  • English Common Name: Korean fairy bells
  • Chinese Common Name: 少花万寿竹 shǎohuā wànshòu∙zhú
  • Japanese Common Name: キバナホウチャクソウ [黄花宝鐸草] kibanahōchakusō
  • Family: Colchicaceae
  • Genus: Disporum
  • Distribution: Forests; 100–2500 m. Anhui, Hebei, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan [Korea].
  • Photo: 03/31/2013
Rhizome shortly creeping, 4--7 mm thick, with stolon 1--5 cm × 3--6 mm. Stem simple or branched distally, 20--80 cm. Petiole 5--10 mm; leaf blade broadly elliptic to oblong-ovate, 4--9 × 1--6.5 cm, glabrous, base subrounded to broadly cuneate, apex shortly acuminate to acute; Inflorescences terminal, 1--3-flowered; pedicels 3--5 mm. Flowers cylindric-campanulate. Tepals yellow, spatulate-oblanceolate to obovate, 2--3 cm × 5--10 mm, base gibbous-spurred; spurs 1--2 mm. Stamens 1.8--2.8 cm, nearly included; filaments 1.5--2 cm, minutely papillose proximally; anthers 4--8 mm. Ovary 4--5 mm. Style 1.5--2.3 cm. Berries blue-black, subglobose, 8--10 mm in diam. Fl. Mar--Jun, fr. Jul--Nov. 2 n = 16*. (Flora of China)

03/26/2017, Hangzhou, Zhejiang


03/26/2017, Hangzhou, Zhejiang

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