Arisaema sikokianum




Family Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Arisaemateae
Scientific name Arisaema sikokianum Franchet et Savatier
Synonyms Arisaema macrocarpum Makino; Arisaema magnificum Nakai; Arisaema sikokianum Franchet & Savatier var integrifolium Nakai
Common name (Japanese common name) yuki-mochi-sou (ユキモチソウ, 雪餅草 [meaning: snow rice cake weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (Sizuoka Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, Nara Prefecture), Shikoku
(Other nations) none
Chromosomal number 2n=28
Description Plants 10-28cm tall. Leaves 10-23cm long. Flowers dark brown (or merely green) spathes 17-24cm long, flowering in April to May. Perennial plants.
Reference Arisaema sikokianum Franch. & Sav.
Arisaema sikokianum Franch. & Sav.
International Aroid Society: The Arisaema Species
Note Rare species.



April 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
April 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
April 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden



April 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
April 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden





Variety of Flowers



April 2009
at a Nursery