 |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|
| June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
| Family | Agavaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Scientific name | Hosta capitata (Koidzumi) Nakai |
| Synonyms | Hosta caerulea (Andrews) Trattinnick var. capitata Koidzumi; Hosta capitata (Koidzumi) Nakai forma albiflora Y. N. Lee; Hosta nakaiana F. Maekawa |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) kanzashi-giboushi (カンザシギボウシ, 簪擬宝珠 [meaning: ornamental hairpin giboushi (giboushi = a traditional metal ornament of bridges)], iya-giboushi (イヤギボウシ, 祖谷擬宝珠 [meaning: Iya Village giboushi]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Hyogo Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea | |
| Habitat | Mountains |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=60 |
| Description | Leaves 15-20cm long, petioles narrow with purple spotted at base. Scapes 40-70cm tall, bracts wide 2cm long. Flowers purple or white (forma albiflora) corollas ca. 4-5cm long, 6 stamens, length of stamen is same as colloras, flowering in June to July. Fruits 2.5-2.7cm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | H. nakaiana F. Maekawa 1935 [PDF] |
| H. capitata (Koidzumi) Nakai 1930, H. capitata f. albiflora Y.N.Lee 1996 [PDF] | |
| Morphometric and Isozyme Analysis of the Genus Hosta (Liliaceae) in Korea |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|
| June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
 |
 |
|---|---|
| June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
