Cardamine cheotaiyienii Al-Shehbaz & G. Yang, Harvard Pap. Bot. 3(1): 73. 1998; Hilliella alatipes (Handel-Mazzetti) Y. H. Zhang & H. W. Li var. macranthus Y. H. Zhang, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 8: 403. 1986. TYPE: China, Yunnan, Malipo, Guan-gaw, 1000 m, 14 Feb 1940, C. W. Wang 86836 (holotype, KUN!; isotype, IBSC!).

Herbs, perennial, scapose. Rhizomes ca. 5 mm in diam., with prominent petiolar scars. Stems (scapes) 15-30 cm, glabrous, leafless. Rhizomal leaves 2, trifoliolate; petiole 5-30 cm, glabrous; leaflets ovate, 7-18 ´ 4-5 cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sparsely hirsute with thick trichomes 0.5-0.8 mm, base of terminal leaflet cuneate, that of lateral ones oblique, margin repand to repand-crenate, sparsely ciliate with trichomes 0.1-0.2 mm, apex obtuse to acute; lateral veins ending with mucros 0.3-0.5 mm; petiolule of terminal leaflet 0.6-1.5 cm, that of lateral leaflets 2-6 mm; cauline leaves absent. Racemes ebracteate, few flowered, corymbose; flowering pedicels slender, 2-3.5 cm, glabrous. Sepals ascending, oblong, 5-6 ´ 2.5-3.5 mm, erect, slightly saccate at base, glabrous; petals white, oblong, 1.5-1.7 cm ´ 5-8 mm, erect, apex rounded; claw 1-2 mm; filaments white, erect, median pairs 6-7 mm, lateral pair 5–5.5 mm; anthers oblong, ca. 2 mm. Fruits and seeds unknown.

Flowering: Feb.

Elevation: ca. 1000 m.

Distribution: China (Yunnan/Malipo Xian).

Notes: known thus far only from the type collection.