Paris marmorata Stearn

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Melanthiaceae > Paris

Characteristics

Plants 10--15 cm tall. Rhizome ca. 3 × 1.4 cm. Leaves 5 or 6; petiole very short; leaf blade narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, 6.5--8.5 × 1.2--2 cm, adaxially green with white markings, abaxially purple-red, base cuneate. Peduncle 1--2 cm. Outer tepals 3 or 4, adaxially green with white markings, abaxially purple-red, narrowly lanceolate, 3--4 cm × 6--8 mm; inner ones purple and slightly widened distally, green proximally, filiform-linear. Stamens 6--8; filaments 2.5--3.5 mm; anthers 1.5--2.5 mm, connective inconspicuous. Ovary green, subglobose. Style short; stigma lobes 3(or 4). Capsule deep purple. Fl. May, fr. Jun. 2 n = 10*, 20.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.15
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Distribution

Paris marmorata world distribution map, present in China and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:539715-1
WFO ID wfo-0000715194
COL ID 6TRJY
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Synonyms

Paris marmorata Paris polyphylla subsp. marmorata