Family | Papaveraceae |
Subfamily | Chelidonioideae |
Scientific name | Eomecon chionantha Hance |
Synonyms | none |
Common name | (Japanese common name) shirayuki-geshi (シラユキゲシ, 白雪芥子 [meaning: snow white poppy]) |
(English common name) snow poppy | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) [native] China | |
Habitat | Forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
Description | Scapes ca. 40cm tall. Flowers white 3-5cm across, flowering in April to May. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Eomecon chionantha Hance |
Eomecon chionantha Hance | |
Note | Naturalized Plants (after Wrld War II). Invasive plants (conflict with many Japanese native Liliaceae plants). |
April 2007 at lowland forest edge |
April 2007 at lowland forest edge |
April 2007 at lowland forest edge |
April 2007 at lowland forest edge |