Convallariaceae

Aspidistra superba Tillich

Bac Kan Province, Ba Be District, Cao Thuong Community, Ba Be National Park. Old secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest and scrub on very steep rocky slope composed by white crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone above tall cliff around point 22º27’36’’N 105º39’18’E at elevation of about 300 m a.s.l. Terrestrial herb with underground rhizome in shady valley between limestone hills. Leaves dark green, uniform green, or occasionally with dull yellowish marks. Flowers dark purple. Locally common.

25 April 2024, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL2899.