生活型

herb

形態特徵

• Perennial acaulescent herbs.
• Leaves linear, 25-45 cm long, 4-8 mm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, entire or slightly dentate, lustrous green on upper surface, pale green, somewhat glaucous beneath, glabrous on both surfaces, nerves 7-11, slightly impressed on upper surface, elevated beneath.
• Flowers light purple, sometimes white, 5-6 mm long, 3-4 mm in diam.; inflorescence 10-30 cm long, erect or ascending, glabrous, green; bracts linear to linear-lanceolate, 2-4 mm long, apex acute; pedicel 3-6 mm long, slender, green, jointed in middle; tepals ellipsoid, 4-5 mm long, 2.5-3 mm wide, apex obtuse, base contracted; filaments 2-3 mm long, glabrous; anthers ellipsoid, 2-2.5 mm long, obtuse at apex; ovary glabrous, globose; style 3-4 mm long; stigma small.
• Spilt carpels with 1-4 exposed seeds; seeds globose, black when mature, 5-7 mm in diam.

分布

• 台灣 : mountainous regions throughout the island, also on Lutao Island.
• 世界 : Mainland China, Japan, the Ryukyus, Korea and Vietnam.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Taipei, Kawakami & Simada s. n. Sep 1909. ILAN: Nanhutashan, Hsu 5924, 5951. HSUCHU: Litungshan, Matsuda s. n. Aug 1918. MIAOLI: Tahu, Kawakami & Mori 1116. NANTOU: Nantou, Ito s. n. Jul 1918. CHIAYI: Alishan, Kawakami s. n. May 1913. PINGTUNG: Nanjenshan, Ying 975, 976. TAITUNG: Is. Lutao, Kawakami s. n. Aug 1905.

引用文獻

• YING, Shao-Shun, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 5: 53. 2000.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit., 台灣植物誌第二版)