Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
Tribe | Orchidaceae |
Subtribe | Orchidaceae |
Scientific name | Spiranthes sinensis (Persoon) Ames var. australis H. Hara & Kitamura |
Synonyms | Gyrostachys amoena Blume; Gyrostachys australis (R. Brown) Blume; Gyrostachys australis (R. Brown) Blume var. amoena (M. Bieberson) Blume; Gyrostachys australis (R. Brown) Blume var. flexuosa (Smith) Blume; Monustes australis (R. Brown) Rafinesque; Neottia amoena M. Bieberson; Neottia flexuosa Smith; Spiranthes amoena (M. Bieberson) Sprengel; Spiranthes australis (R. Brown) Lindley forma australis; Spiranthes australis (R. Brown) Lindley; Spiranthes australis (R. Brown) Lindley var. viridiflora Makino; Spiranthes sinensis (Persoon) Ames subsp. australis H. Hara et Kitamura; Spiranthes sinensis (Persoon) Ames var. amoena (M. Bieberson) H. Hara; Spiranthes sinensis (Persoon) Ames var. amoena (M. Bieberson) H. Hara forma albescens (Honda) Honda; Spiranthes sinensis (Persoon) Ames var. amoena (M. Bieberson) H. Hara forma autumnus H. Tsukaya; Spiranthes sinensis (Persoon) Ames var. amoena (M. Bieberson) H. Hara forma viridiflora (Makino) Ohwi; Spiranthes viridiflora (Makino) Makino |
Common name | (Japanese common name) neji-bana (ネジバナ, 捩花 [meaning: spiral flower]), moji-zuri (モジズリ, 綟摺 [meaning: shortend name of Shinobu-Mojizuri, Shinobu-Mosizuri is a historical beautiful dyeing technique for Kimono]) |
(English common name) Ladie's tresses, Pearl-twist | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Sikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal, India, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands | |
Habitat | Open field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=30 |
Description | Scapes electing 10-40cm tall. Leaves 1-3, 5-20cm long, 3-10mm wide. Flowers red or pink (marely white) corollas 4–8mm long, petals and ovary hairly, flowering in May to August (sometimes also in September).Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames |
Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames | |
Spiranthes sinensis (Persoon) Ames | |
Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames 1908 | |
Spiranthes australis (R.Br.) Lindl. 1824 | |
Yuuki Sakamoto et al.: The differences in the response to temperatures on the seed germination and protocorm formation by aestival and autumn types of Spiranthes sinensis var. australis Ames [PDF] |
June 2007 at lowland open field |
June 2007 at lowland open field |
June 2007 at lowland open field |
June 2007 at lowland open field |
June 2007 at lowland open field |
June 2007 at lowland open field |
June 2007 at lowland swamp |
June 2007 at lowland open field |
June 2007 at lowland open field |
March 2008 at my home |
June 2008 at my home |
December 2009 at my home |
December 2009 at roadside |
July 2010 at my home |
late July 2010 at my home |
cv. Nioh | cv. Gokoh |
December 2009 at a Nursery |
December 2009 at a Nursery |