Aspidistra campanulata is a species of flowering plant. A. campanulata grows in evergreen forests on very steep slopes of eroded limestone mountains in Vietnam. Its name is due to the bell shape of its perigone.[1]
This species is a perennial herb. Its rhizome is creeping, with a diameter of between 3mm4mm. Its leaves are 5mm10mm apart, the petiole measuring about 7cm (03inches), being gracile; the lamina is ovate and tapers towards a long tip, measuring between 13cmand15cmcm (05inchesand06inchescm) by 3.5cmto5cmcm (01.4inchesto02inchescm).
Flowers are found solitary, with an upright, thin and stiff peduncle, 4cmto6.5cmcm (02inchesto02.6inchescm) in size, showing two bracts basally and one next to the flower. Flowers are positioned slantedly upright or horizontally, and are pleasantly fragranced. The perigone is campanulate and white; the flower's tube is 10mm long and wide. It counts with 6 narrow, triangular lobes with rounded tips, 10mm long and between 2.5mm3mm wide at their base. These lobes don't possess keels, however they do show 3 nerves running down to the tube base, as well as a side vein fusing with that of the adjacent lobe. It counts with 6 stamens at the base of the tube, surrounding the style, the filaments of which measure 1mm1.5mm. Its anthers are lineate, measuring 2.5mm0.5mm; the pistil is slender and the ovar is inconspicuous. The style is 8mm long, while the stigma is widened and measures 1mm1.2mm in diameter.
Aspidistra campanulata is known only from its type locality, in Na Hang District, Tuyên Quang Province, Vietnam.