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| April 2007 at Yukiguni Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Yukiguni Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Yukiguni Botanical Garden |
| Family | Colchicaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Tribe | Uvularieae |
| Scientific name | Disporum smilacinum A. Gray |
| Synonyms | Disporum smilacinum A. Gray var. album Maximowicz; Disporum smilacinum A. Gray var. ramosum Nakai; Disporum smilacinum A. Gray var. rotundatum Satake; Disporum smilacinum A. Gray var. variegatum Nakai |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) chigo-yuri (チゴユリ, 稚児百合 [meaning: little children lily]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia (Kuril Islands, Sakhalin), Korea, China | |
| Habitat | Mountane forest |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=16 |
| Description | Plants 20-35cm tall. Leaves 4-7cm long, non hair. Flowers pedicels 14-22mm long, white perianths 12-16mm long, size of stamen is half of perianth, flowering in May to June. Fruits black ca. 1cm, seeds 4mm long. Perennial plants. |
| References | Disporum smilacinum A. Gray |
| Disporum smilacinum A. Gray | |
| Biosystematic Studies in Disporum (Liliaceae-Polygonateae) : IV. Karyotype Analysis of some Asiatic and North American Taxa with Special Reference to their Systematic Status | |
| 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) |
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| April 2007 at Yukiguni Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Yukiguni Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Yukiguni Botanical Garden |
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| May 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
May 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
May 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
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| May 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at mountane forest |
