Pinellia peltata
Tuber subglobose, 1-2.5 cm in diam. Leaves 2-3; petiole 27-33 cm long; leaf blades peltate, 10-17 × 5.5-12 cm, deep green, ovate or oblong, short-acuminate at apex, deeply cordate at base, primary lateral veins (5-)6-8 per side. Inflorescence with peduncle 7-15 cm long, shorter than petioles; peduncle 5-8 cm long; spathe 4-5 cm long, yellowish green, tube obovoid, c. 8 mm long; limb opening, 3-4 × 0.5-0.8 cm, apex obtuse to acute; spadix 11-13 cm long; female zone c. 0.8 cm long; male zone c. 0.6 cm long; sterile zone between female and male flowers c. 0.35 cm long; appendix c. 10 cm long. Female flowers densely arranged; pistil obovoid, 0.25-0.3 mm long and 0.12-0.15 mm in diam., stigma sessile, very small. Male flowers with thecae elongate, opening by a slit. Berries ovoid, pale green to whitish, acute at apex; seed globose.
Chromosome number. – 2n = 78 (Li & al. 1997).
Endemic to China: Fujian and Zhejiang. Growing in forests, on grassy slopes, on or between rocks.
Flowering from May to June, fruiting from August to September.