Paris verticillata M.Bieb.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Melanthiaceae > Paris

Characteristics

Plants 25--60 cm tall. Rhizome slender, 3--5 mm thick. Leaves (5 or)6--8(or 9); petiole very short; leaf blade lanceolate, narrowly oblong, oblanceolate, or obovate-oblanceolate, (4--)7--15 × 1.5--5 cm, base cuneate. Peduncle 4.5--12 cm. Outer tepals usually 4(or 5), green, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2--5.5 × 1--3 cm; inner ones yellow-green, 1--3 cm × 1--2 mm. Stamens 8(--10); filaments 5--8 mm; anthers 0.7--1.4 cm; free portion of connective 5--8(--10) mm. Ovary purple, subglobose, 4(or 5)-loculed. Stigma lobes 4 or 5, long. Berry purple-black, globose, ca. 1 cm in diam. Seeds without aril. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jul--Sep. 2 n = 10, 15, 20*.
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A herb. It grows 25-60 cm tall. It has a slender rhizome. There are 6-8 leaves. They are narrowly oval and 7-15 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped. The flower stalk is 5-12 cm long. The flowers are green and yellow-green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests, thickets and in grassy and shady places between 1,100-3,600 m above sea level in China.
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Forests, thickets, grassy and shady places, hillsides along ravines; at elevations from 1,100-3,600 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The new shoots are eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves shoots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Paris verticillata world distribution map, present in Chile, China, Japan, Montenegro, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:539731-1
WFO ID wfo-0000715037
COL ID 4DMQX
BDTFX ID 47933
INPN ID 112418
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Synonyms

Paris manshurica Paris obovata Paris hexaphylla Paris dahurica Paris verticillata Paris hexaphylla f. purpurea Paris verticillata f. purpurea Paris quadrifolia var. obovata Paris quadrifolia var. dahurica Paris quadrifolia var. hexaphylla Paris verticillata var. manshurica Paris verticillata subsp. manshurica Paris verticillata var. obovata Paris hexaphylla var. manshurica