Family | Liliaceae |
Scientific name | Streptopus streptopoides (Ledebour) Frye & Rigg |
Synonyms | Kruhsea streptopoides (Ledebour) Kearney; Kruhsea streptopoides var. melanococca Makino; Kruhsea tilingiana Regel; Smilacina streptopoides Ledebour; Streptopus ajanensis Tiling ex Maximovicz; Streptopus brevipes Baker; Streptopus streptopoides subsp. brevipes (Baker) Calder & Roy L. Taylor; Streptopus streptopoides var. brevipes (Baker) Fassett; Streptopus tilingiana (Regel) Grey |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hime-takeshima-ran (ヒメタケシマラン, 姫夷竹縞蘭 [meaning: small bamboo stripe orchid]) |
(English common name) small twistedstalk | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (east of Central region) |
(Other nations) Canada, USA | |
Habitat | Alpine or subalpine forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=16, 32, 48, 54 |
Description | Plants 10-30cm tall. Leaves 3-10cm long. Flowers green, flowering in June to July. Fruits 8-12mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Streptopus streptopoides (Ledebour) Frye & Rigg |
Streptopus streptopoides (Ledeb.) Frye & Rigg | |
Streptopus streptopoides (Ledeb.) Frye & Rigg ssp. streptopoides | |
Note | Some authors may identify that Streptopus streptopoides var. streptopoides (Japanese common name: ezo-takeshima-ran (エゾタケシマラン, 蝦夷竹縞蘭 [meaning: Ezo bamboo stripe orchid, Ezo=an old name of Hokkaido])) has teeth like tiny spikes at leaves edge, Streptopus streptopoides var. brevipes doesn't. |
May 2010 at my home |
May 2010 at my home |
May 2010 at my home |