Maianthemum tatsienense (Franch.) La Frankie

Plants 30--80 cm tall. Rhizome subtuberous or slightly moniliform, (2.5--)7--16 mm thick. Stem glabrous. Leaves 6--8, shortly petiolate; leaf blade ovate, oblong-lanceolate, or subelliptic, 2--7 × 2--7.5 cm. Inflorescence a panicle, sometimes a raceme, 2.5--11 cm, glabrous. Flowers solitary; pedicel 2--12(--18) mm. Perianth greenish or sometimes tinged purple; segments connate at base, narrowly lanceolate, 2.5--5 × 0.6--1.2 mm. Filaments short, flat. Ovary globose, slightly longer than short style. Stigma deeply 3-lobed. Berries red at maturity, 6--7 mm in diam., 1--5-seeded. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Aug--Oct.

Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, N Myanmar].

Forests, forest margins, grassy slopes; 1500--3500 m.

Tovaria tatsienensis Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 47. 1896; Smilacina paniculata (Baker) F. T. Wang & T. Tang (1978), not M. Martens & Galeotti (1842); S. tatsienensis (Franchet) H. R. Wehrhahn; S. tatsienensis var. paniculata (Baker) F. T. Wang & T. Tang; S. yunnanensis (Franchet) Handel-Mazzetti; Streptopus paniculatus Baker; Tovaria delavayi Franchet; T. yunnanensis Franchet; T. yunnanensis var. rigida Franchet.