• Scientific Name: Monotropastrum humile (D.Don) H.Hara
• Ref: J. Jap. Bot. 36:78. 1961
• Synonyms:
  • Cheilotheca humilis (D.Don) H.Keng
  • C. humilis var. glaberrima (H.Hara) Keng & C.F.Hsieh
  • C. humilis var. pubescens (K.F.Wu) C.Ling
  • C. humilis var. tripetala (Makino) S.S.Ying
  • C. macrocarpa (Andrews) Y.L.Chou
  • C. pubescens (K.F.Wu) Y.L.Chou
  • Monotropa humilis D.Don
  • Monotropa uniflora var. tripetala Makino
  • Monotropanthum ampullaceum Andres
  • Monotropastrum baranovii Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Chou
  • M. clarkei Andres
  • M. globosum Andres ex H.Hara
  • M. globosum f. roseum Honda
  • M. humile var. glaberrimum H.Hara
  • M. lungschuanense K.F.Wu
  • M. macrocarpum Andres
  • M. pubescens K.F.Wu
  • M. pumilum Andres
  • M. tschanbaischanicum Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Chou
• Chinese Common Name: 球果假沙晶兰 qiúguǒ jiǎ∙shājīnglán, 长白拟水晶兰 Chángbái nǐ∙shuǐjīnglán
• Japanese Common Name: ギンリョウソウ [銀竜草] ginryōsō
• Family: Ericaceae
• Genus: Monotropastrum
• Distribution: Damp deciduous and mixed forests; 100–2500 m. Heilongjiang, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Japan (including Ryukyu Islands), Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia (Sakhalin), Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam].
• Photo: Zhejiang

Inflorescences scapose, 10–20 cm tall, 2–8 mm in diam. below flower, emerging from soil in nodding position, 1-flowered. Flowers nodding at anthesis, tubular-campanulate. Sepals 1–5, oblong, 8–20 × 2–11 mm, usually glabrous. Petals 3–5, usually oblong, 10–20 × 5–15 mm, slightly longer than sepals, abaxially glabrous, adaxially pubescent, base broadly saccate. Disk of paired, elongate, slender lobes protruding from ovary toward basal saccate portions of petals. Berries erect to nodding, white, ovoid-globose, 9–20 × 10–24 mm, seeds numerous embedded in fleshy interior. Fl. Apr–Aug, fr. May–Sep. (Flora of China)

05/01/2016, Zhejiang

05/01/2016, Zhejiang