Eomecon chionantha




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