Vasilis Teodoridis:
Liliaceae | Paris
6. Paris polyphylla Smith in Rees; Cycl. 26: Paris no. 2. 1813.
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Plants 10--100 cm tall. Rhizome 1--2.5 cm thick. Leaves 5--10(--22); petiole (0.5--)1--6 cm; leaf blade variable; usually oblong to lanceolate; 6--15(--30) x 0.5--5 cm; base rounded to cuneate. Peduncle 5--24(--65) cm. Outer tepals (3 or)4--6(or 7); green or yellow-green; narrowly ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate; (3--)4.5--7(--11) x 1--4 cm; inner ones usually yellow-green; narrowly linear; shorter or longer than outer ones; 1--1.5(--5) mm wide. Stamens 2 ± as many as outer tepals; (6--)8--12(--14) or sometimes more; filaments 4--10 mm; anthers 5--12 mm; free portion of connective usually 0.5--4 mm. Ovary subglobose; ribbed; 1-loculed; sometimes tuberculate. Style short; base enlarged; purple to white; stigma lobes (4 or)5. Capsule globose; sometimes tuberculate. Seeds enveloped by red; succulent aril. Fl. and fr. Mar--Nov.
Forests; bamboo forests; thickets; grassy or rocky slopes; streamsides; 100--3500 m. Anhui; Fujian; Gansu; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; India; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Sikkim; Thailand; Vietnam].