Streptopus simplex D.Don

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome 1.5--2 mm thick. Stem simple or branched distally, 20--50 cm, glabrous. Leaves grayish glaucous abaxially, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 2.5--8 × 1.5--3 cm, base rounded or cordate, margin entire, apex acuminate. Peduncle axillary, 2.5--4.5 cm, neither jointed nor geniculate, glabrous, 1-flowered. Flowers nodding. Tepals pink or white, spotted with purple, ovate-oblong, 8--10 × 3--4 mm. Stamens 3--3.5 mm; filaments flat, basally widened, 1--1.5 mm; anthers ca. 2 mm. Style slender, 5--6 mm; stigma 3-lobed, lobes revolute, ca. 1 mm. Berry 5--6 mm in diam. Fl. Jun, fr. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 16, 32*.
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A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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It is a temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
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Distribution

Streptopus simplex world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542089-1
WFO ID wfo-0000738143
COL ID 52YWV
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Synonyms

Hekorima candida Streptopus simplex