| Family | Colchicaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Tribe | Uvularieae |
| Scientific name | Disporum sessile D. Don |
| Synonyms | Disporum hainanensis Merrill; Disporum hallaisanense (H. Léveillé) Ohwi; Disporum sessile D. Don var. stenophyllum Franchet & Savatier; Disporum taquetii H. Léveillé; Tovaria hallaisanensis H. Léveillé; Uvularia sessilis Thunberg |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) houchaku sou (ホウチャクソウ, 宝鐸草 [meaning: houchaku weed (houchaku = a bell like ornament of Buddhism temple)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China | |
| Habitat | Bush, forest edge, wet fields |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=16 |
| Description | Plants 30-50cm tall, non hair. Leaves 7-11cm long, non hair. Flowers pedicels 12-25mm long, green corollas 22-28mm long, 6 perianths, flowering in April to May. Fruits blue ca. 1cm. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Disporum sessile D. Don |
| Effects of Light Intensity on the Size Structure and Establishment of Diploids and Triploids of Disporum sessile | |
| Foliar fertilizer and method for using the same (US Patent 6475258/2002) | |
| Method for quantifying plant resources using GIS (European Patent EP1791090/2007) | |
| Agent for hair growth (European Patent EP1915997/2008) |
| April 2007 at lowland forest edge |
April 2007 at lowland forest edge |
April 2007 at lowland forest edge |
| July 2007 at my home |
July 2007 at my home |