Erythronium japonicum




Family Liliaceae
Sunfamily Lilioideae
Tribe Tulipeae
Scientific name Erythronium japonicum Decaisne
Synonyms Erythronium denscanis L. var. japonicum Baker; Erythronium japonicum Decaisne forma album C. F. Fang; Erythronium japonicum Decaisne forma immaculatum P. Y. Fu & Q. S. Sun; Erythronium japonicum Decaisne forma leucanthum (I. Yamamoto et Tsukamoto) Okuyama
Common name (Japanese common name) katakuri (カタクリ, 片栗 [meaning of katakuri is not clear (estimated meaning A: tilting basket flower; estimated meaning B: leaflets of marron tree)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia (Sakhalin), Korea, China
Habitat Mountains, fields
Chromosomal number 2n=24
Description Scapes 20-25cm tall, non hair. Leaves 10-22cm long including petioles, 2.5-6.5cm wide, non hair. Flowers purple or merely white (forma leucanthum) perianths each 4-5cm long, flowering in March to May. Fruits 12-15mm. Perennial plants.
References Erythronium japonicum Decne.
Erythronium japonicum
Process for the production of branching enzyme, and a method for improving the qualities of food products therewith (US Patent 4454161/1984)
Polymers containing antimicrobial agents and methods for making and using same (US Patent 5906825/1999)
Dehydrated gel composition from hydrated isolated acetylated gellan gum (US Patent 6458404/1999)
Use of native gellan gum (US Patent 7147885/2006)
Basidiomycetes, basidiomycetes extract composition, health foods, and immunopotentiators (US Patent 20060263384)



March 2007
at mountane forest
in Niigata Prefecture
March 2007
at mountane forest
in Niigata Prefecture
March 2007
at mountane forest
in Niigata Prefecture



April 2007
at Akagi Nature Park
April 2007
at Akagi Nature Park



April 2007
at Akagi Nature Park
March 2007
at mountane forest
in Niigata Prefecture