• Scientific Name: Polygonatum zanlanscianense Pampanini
• Ref: Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s. 22: 267. 1915.
• Synonyms: Polygonatum anhuiense D. C. Zhang & J. Z. Shao;
  P. kungii F. T. Wang & Tang.
• Chinese Common Name: 湖北黄精 hu bei huang jing
• Family: Liliaceae
• Genus: Polygonatum
• Distribution: * Forests, shady and moist slopes; 800–2700 m. Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, ?Zhejiang.
• Type info: 安徽黄精Polygonatum anhuiense D.C. Zhang et J.Z. Shao, Guihaia 12(2):99.1992.Anhui(安徽): Chu Xian(滁县), Langyashan(琅琊山), 1990-05-24, J.Z. Shao(邵建章) 90540(Holotype: ANUB)

 Rhizome moniliform or gingerlike, 1--2.5 cm thick. Stem erect or slightly scandent distally, to over 1 m, glabrous. Leaves in whorls of 3--6; petiole very short or indistinct; leaf blade variable, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, rarely to linear, (5--)8--15 × (0.4--)1.3--2.8(--3.5) cm, glabrous, apex strongly cirrose to curved. Inflorescences umbel-like, 2--6(--11)-flowered; peduncle 0.5--2(--4) cm; bracts borne at base of pedicel, (1--)2--6 mm, scarious or subherbaceous with scarious margin, 1-veined, persistent. Pedicel (2--)4--7(--10) mm. Perianth white, yellowish green, or pale purple, slightly constricted at middle, 6--9 mm; lobes ca. 1.5 mm. Filaments 0.7--1 mm; anthers 2--2.5 mm. Ovary ca. 2.5 mm. Style 1.5--2 mm. Berries purple-red or black, 6--7 mm in diam., 2--4-seeded. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 22*, 28*, 30*, 32*.(Flora of China)