Family | Liliaceae |
Subfamily | Lilioideae |
Tribe | Lilieae |
Scientific name | Fritillaria koidzumiana Ohwi |
Synonyms | Fritillaria japonica Miquel var. koidzumiana (Ohwi) H. Hara & Kanai |
Common name | (Japanese common name) koshi-no-ko-baimo (コシノコバイモ, 越小貝母 [Koshi's tiny baimo (Koshi = an old name of Niigata Prefecture, baimo = Japanese pronunciation of Chinese common name of Fritillaria thunbergii)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Fukushima Prefecture and east of Ishikawa Prefecture, mainl in Japan Sea side) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane forest, forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=24 |
Description | Plants electing. Scapes 15-20cm tall. Leaves 3-6cm long, 5-18mm wide. Flowers pale yellow perianths 2cm long, flowering in March to May. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Fritillaria koidzumiana Ohwi |
Fritillaria Icons | |
Note | Endemic to Japan. |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |