Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Souliea
Specific Epithet
vaginata
Authorship
(Maxim.) Franch.
5/6/2014
Location
China, Sichuan, Ngawa (Songpan)
33.023889, 103.735278
Location Remarks
Songpan Xian. S of the Jiuzhaigou Xian border and N of the city of Songpan on hwy 301 on E side of highway at Awong Gou. Thickets with Salix, Sibiraea, Potentilla and Rosa, remnant Abies-Picea; forest with Kingdonia on N-facing slopes; and small meadow-like areas. 3575 m elev.
Collectors
D. E. Boufford, S. Christoph, C. Davidson, Y. D. Gao, Q. Y. Xiang
Notes
Mostly in moss in moist, dark soil under shrubs of Rosa. Emergent shoots pale green; young leaves dark green; sepals petal-like, spreading to ascending, white; petals smaller than sepals, erect, pinkish; anthers reddish.
