Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Neottieae |
Subtribe | Limodorinae |
Scientific name | Cephalanthera erecta (Thunberg ex Murray) Blume |
Synonyms | Serapias erecta Thunberg; Cephalanthera erecta (Thunberg ex Murray) Blume var. szechuanica Schlechter; Cephalanthera szechuanica (Schlechter) Schlechter; Epipactis erecta Swartz |
Common name | (Japanese common name) gin-ran (ギンラン, 銀蘭 [meaning: silver orchid]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China | |
Habitat | Deciduous tree forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=34 |
Description | Plants electing 10-25cm tall. Leaves 3-8cm long, 1-4cm wide. Flowers white sepals 7-9mm long, flowering in May. Perennial plants. |
Note | Rare species |
May 2006 at hillock forest |
May 2006 at hillock forest |
May 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2006 at hillock forest |
May 2006 at hillock forest |
May 2006 at hillock forest |