Souliea vaginata
(Maxim.) Franch. in J. de Bot. 68 -
70. 1898. Isopyrum vaginata
Maxim. in Fl. Tangut. 1: 18, t. 30, ff. 1 -
10. 1896. Coptis ospriocarpa Bruehl in Ann. R.
Bot. Gard. Calc. 5: 89. 1896.
Stems erect, at first 10 -
15 cm high, becoming up to 60 cm long in fruits, glabrous,
reddish, surrounded at base by 2 large (2 -
4 cm long) sheathing membranous scales.
Leaves long-petiolate, 3-ternatisect, 15 -
20 cm across, pale beneath; primary segments
obovate or rhombic or trapezoid, pinnate into acutely toothed leaflets. Flowers in a
Simple terminal raceme. Sepals obovate, 5 -
6 x 3 -
4 mm, white, tinged purple. Petals
smaller than sepals, white, suborbicular, ca 3 mm across. Follicles oblong, cylindric,
3.5 -
4 x 0.4 cm, stipitate, prominently veined; seeds numerous, ovoid; testa not crusted
and without wings.
Fl. & Fr. April - Oct.
Distrib. India: E. Himalayas, broad-leaved forests and forest clearings, in damp places, 2800 - 4000 m. Sikkim.
Bhutan and W. China.
Fl. & Fr. April - Oct.
Distrib. India: E. Himalayas, broad-leaved forests and forest clearings, in damp places, 2800 - 4000 m. Sikkim.
Bhutan and W. China.