Asparagus schoberioides




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