Family | Liliaceae |
Subfamily | Calochortoideae |
Scientific name | Tricyrtis flava Maximovicz |
Synonyms | Compsoa flava (Maximovicz) Kuntze; Tricyrtis kyusyuensis Masamune; Tricyrtis flava Maximovicz var. yatabeana Masamune; Tricyrtis yatabeana Masamune |
Common name | (Japanese common name) kibana-no-hototogisu (キバナノホトトギス, 黄花杜鵑 [meaning: yellow flower hototogisu (hototogisu = Tricyrtis hirta (Thunberg) Hooker])) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Kyushu (Miyazaki Prefecture) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane forest or wet rock wall |
Chromosomal number | 2n=26 |
Description | Plants 20-50cm tall. Leaves 8-20cm long. Flowers yellow perianths each 30mm long, flowering in September to November. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Tricyrtis flava Maxim. |
Tricyrtis flava Maxim. | |
The effect of geographic range and dichogamy on genetic variability and population genetic structure in Tricyrtis section Flavae (Liliaceae) | |
Note | Endemic to Japan. |
September 2009 at my home |
September 2009 at my home |
September 2009 at my home |