Family | Araceae |
Subfamily | Aroideae |
Tribe | Arisaemateae |
Scientific name | Arisaema yamatense (Nakai) Nakai |
Synonyms | Arisaema japonicum Blume var. yamatense Nakai; Arisaema sugimotoi Nakai; Arisaema yamatense (Nakai) Nakai var. integra Nakai; Arisaema yamatense (Nakai) Nakai var. intermedium Sugimoto |
Common name | (Japanese common name) murou-tennanshou (ムロウテンナンショウ, 室生天南星 [meaning: Murou Arisaema (Murou = a moountane area in Nara Prefecture in Honshu)]), murou-mamushi-gusa (ムロウマムシグサ, 室生蝮草 [meaning: Murou mamushi weed (mamushi = Gloydius blomhoffii)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Habitat | Mountane forest or forest edge |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Fukui Prefecture, Kinki region) |
(Other nations) none | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
Description | Plants 25-100cm tall. Leaves 2, palmetaly divided into 9-17 leaflets, each 5.5-25cm long. Flowers single spathe, green (or merely brown), 13-28cm long, flowering in April to May. Perennial plants. |
Reference | International Ariod Society: The Arisaema Species |
April 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
April 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
April 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
April 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |