生活型

herb

形態特徵

• Grass-like herbs; rhizome creeping, aromatic.
• Leaves linear, 30-45 cm long, 4-7 mm broad, apex acuminate, entire.
• Peduncle green, 10-15 cm long, compressed-triangular; spathe leaf-like, 14-20 cm long, 2-4 mm broad; spadix nearly erect, narrowly cylindrical, 5-10 cm long, densely flowered, yellow; perianth segments 6, rounded at apex; anthers yellow
• Capsules ovoid-globose; seeds hairy at base.
• The aromatic rhizome is commonly used for various medicinal purposes.

分布

• 台灣 : among rocks along rivers, at low elevations throughout the island.
• 世界 : Japan, Korea, Hainan, continental China, the Philippines, India and Indonesia.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Yangmingshan, Shimada 5386; Shihlin, Shimada 5387. HSINCHU: Utushan, Mori 5388. NANTOU: Chingshuikou, Huang 7, 921, 468; Lienhuachih, Yamamoto s. n. 11 Oct 1929. CHIAYI: Alishan, Mori s. n. 21 Mar 1908; Ping chana, Hayata 5394, 5393. TAINAN: Kuantzuling, Shimada 5389, DeVol 9093*. PINGTUNG: Tawushan, Masamune s. n. 26 Dec 1930.

參考文獻

• HUANG, Tseng-Chieng, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 5: 665. 2000.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)