Family | Asparagaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
Scientific name | Asparagus schoberioides Kunth |
Synonyms | Asparagus parviflorus Turczaninow; Asparagus rigidulus Nakai; Asparagus schoberioides var. subsetaceus Franchet; Asparagus sieboldii Maximowicz; Asparagus wrightii A. Gray |
Common name | (Japanese common name) kiji-kakushi (キジカクシ, 雉隠 [meaning: cover for pheasant]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East, Sakhalin), Korea, China, Monglia | |
Habitat | Mountane field or forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=20 |
Description | Plants 50-100cm. Leaves 1-2cm long, 1mm wide. Flowers pedicels 1-2mm (merely 3-4mm) long, white 3-3.5mm, flowering in May to June. Fruits 6-8mm. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Asparagus schoberioides Kunth |
Phylogenetic Relationships in the Genus Asparagus Based on the Restriction Enzyme Analysis of the Chloroplast DNA |
June 2007 at forest edge near sea |
June 2007 at forest edge near sea |
June 2007 at forest edge near sea |
June 2007 at forest edge near sea |
June 2007 at forest edge near sea |