Roscoea tibetica

Roscoea tibetica Batalin, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 14: 183 (1895) (syn: Roscoea intermedia var. minuta Gagnep. ; Roscoea intermedia var. plurifolia Loes. ; Roscoea tibetica f. alba Cowley ; Roscoea tibetica f. albiflora X.D.Dong & Ji H.Li ; Roscoea tibetica f. albopurpurea Cowley ; Roscoea tibetica f. atropurpurea Cowley ; Roscoea tibetica var. emarginata S.Q.Tong ; Roscoea tibetica f. rosea Cowley ; Roscoea tibetica f. roseopurpurea Cowley );
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N. Myanmar to S. Central China: China South-Central, Myanmar, Tibet as per POWO;
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Leafy shoots 10-20cm. Leaves 1-4, forming a rosette, lanceolate to oblong ovate, 2-20 x 1.5-5.5cm, first leaf auriculate at base; ligule ± semicircular. Bracts hidden in leaf bases, 2-4 x 0.4cm. Calyx 2.5-4cm. Corolla tube hardly to well-exserted from calyx; dorsal petal elliptic. Lateral staminodes elliptic or asymmetrically obovate. Lip obovate, usually deeply bilobed, 1.5-2.5 x 1-2cm incl. short claw.
Fl. April:fr.April – November.
Moist meadow among scrub:open pine forest;open grassy banks:clearing in forest;dry soil among bracken,2130-3050m.

(Attributions: H.J Noltie. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE. 1994 as per Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)
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Roscoea alpina ?- 24022010 JM6- Bhutan Flora: 3 high res. images.
I am attaching old images one by one for identification, as I didn’t have time to post them earlier.
I think these are from Thimphu or nearby tourist places in Bhutan at an elevation of more than 7,500 ft. 


Roscoea tibetica Batalin



 


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References:
POWO  Flora of China  FOC illustration  Bhutan Biodiversity Portal  Wikipedia  Botanically inclined  Wikimedia Commons  iNaturalist

Updated on September 26, 2026

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