Family | Liliaceae |
Subfamily | Calochortoideae |
Scientific name | Tricyrtis nana Yatabe |
Synonyms | Tricyrtis flava Maximovicz var. nana (Yatabe) Makino; Tricyrtis kyusyuensis Masamune var. pseudoflava Masamune |
Common name | (Japanese common name) chabo-hototogisu (チャボホトトギス, 矮鶏杜鵑 [meaning: dwarf chicken hototogisu (hototogisu = Tricyrtis hirta (Thunberg) Hooker])) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Shizuoka Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane streamside |
Chromosomal number | 2n=26 |
Description | Plants 2-15cm tall. Leaves 5-15cm long. Flowers yellow perianths each 20-24mm long, flowering in August to September. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Tricyrtis nana Yatabe |
Tricyrtis nana Yatabe | |
Leaf flavonoid patterns in the genus Tricyrtis (Tricyrtidaceae sensu stricto, Liliaceae sensu lato) | |
The effect of geographic range and dichogamy on genetic variability and population genetic structure in Tricyrtis section Flavae (Liliaceae) | |
Note | Endemic to Japan. Rare species. |
October 2010 at my home |
October 2010 at my home |