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Pterygocalyx volubilis

Botanic Family

Gentianaceae

Author

Maximowicz

Common Names

• Yi e man (Pinyin)
• Hosoba-no-tsuru-rindō (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Hebei
• Heilongjiang
• Henan
• Hubei
• Jilin
• Nei Mongol
• Qinghai
• Shaanxi
• Shanxi
• Sichuan
• SE Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Amur
• Khabarovsk
• Primorye
• Sakhalin
• Ussuri - Russia
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• forest edges
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Aug-Sep (China)
• Sep-Oct (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Sep (China)

Twining perennial herb with glabrous leaves to 40mm x 10mm. Axillary or terminal solitary or cymes of 15mm blue or yellowish flowers, 5-winged calyx tube to 20mm long, 4 lobes to 5mm long, corolla tube to 35mm long, lobes to 8mm. Fruit capsule to 15mm long.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• FOJ
• IFV