Gastrodia pubilabiata Y.Sawa

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Gastrodia

Characteristics

Plants 2-5 cm tall. Rhizome subcylindric to fusiform, 3-5(-10) cm. Peduncle dark brown, densely many noded; rachis very short, 1-3-flowered; floral bracts broadly ovate, 3-4 mm. Flowers suberect, resupinate, opening widely, brown; pedicel and ovary dark brown, 10-12 mm, papillate; pedicel elongating to 50 cm in fruit. Perianth tube campanulate, ca. 15 mm, outer surface smooth; free portion of sepals spreading, ca. 5 mm, apex obtuse-rounded; free portion of petals ovate to suborbicular, much smaller than sepal lobes; lip simple to obscurely 3-lobed, broadly ovate-rhombic, ca. 5 × 6.5 mm, base shortly clawed, apex cuspidate; claw ca. 1.5 × 3.3 mm, with a pair of stalked, globose calli; disk with white hairs, with 2 small lamellae near apex of lip. Column ca. 6 mm, narrowly winged; column foot prominent, with a pair of subglobose calli. Capsule 20-35 mm. Fl. Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support mycoheterotroph
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.05
Root system rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Distribution

Gastrodia pubilabiata world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77123602-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971584
COL ID 3FDJ5
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Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Gastrodia hiemalis Gastrodia pubilabiata