FLORA OF VIETNAM
Convallriaceae
Aspidistra elatior Blume
var. vietnamensis Aver. et H.-J. Tillich var. nov. Type

Quang Nam Prov., Dong Giang Distr., Ma Cooih Municipality around point 15°58′11”N 107°40′15”E.

Remnants of primary closed evergreen broad-leaved forests on very steep slopes of hill composed with solid highly eroded limestone at elevation 450-500 m a.s.l.

Terrestrial herb on steep shady slope. Leaves with numerous small yellow spots. Locally very common.

HAL 12116a 9 January 2009
Coll.: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, N.T.Vinh

Flowered under cultivation at 10 July 2011. Flowers odorless, dark dirty purple, tepal apices dull whitish. Photos. L.Averyanov, HAL 12116. Type.