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The Wild Flowers of Mountain Warm-temperate Forest Region

Leycesteria formosa var. stenosepala Deciduous half shrub. 1 to 2.5 m tall. Stem is empty inside. Ovate to ovate lanceolate leaf. Terminal spike. Reddish bract, stripe - form divided blades of calyx; reddish white flower, funnel - shaped. Elliptic red berry. Flowering: May and June. Fruiting: Aug. to Sept. Temperate and humid tendency. No cold resistance. Sinoendemic. Southeast Tibet. 1900 to 3400 m, valley forestedge. West Sichuan. Yunnan.