Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Neottieae |
Subtribe | Limodorinae |
Scientific name | Epipactis thunbergii A. Gray forma flava Ohwi |
Synonyms | (Synonyms of Epipactis thunbergii A. Gray) Epipactis gigantea Douglas ex Hooker var. manshurica Maximowicz ex Komarov; Epipactis thunbergii A. Gray var. manshurica (Maximowicz ex Komarov) T. Tang & F.T. Wang; Helleborine thunbergii (A. Gray) Druce; Limodorum thunbergii (A. Gray) Kuntze |
Common name | (Japanese common name) kibana-kaki-ran (キバナカキラン, 黄花柿蘭 [meaning: yellow flower persimmon orchid]) |
(English common name) helleborine | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Russia (Amur River, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands), Korea, China | |
Habitat | Wet field, swamp. |
Chromosomal number | 2n=40 |
Description | Plants electing 30-70cm tall. Leaves 6-13cm long, 3-5cm wide. Flowers yellow sepals ca. 12-15mm long, flowering in June to July. Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Epipactis thunbergii A.Gray 1856 |
Epipactis thunbergii A. Gray | |
Japanese Orchid |
June 2010 at my home |
June 2010 at my home |
June 2010 at my home |