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 |
April 2009 at a Nursery |