Hemerocallis fulva var. disticha




Family Hemerocallidaceae (also placed in Liliaceae)
Scientific name Hemerocallis fulva L. var. disticha (Donn ex Ker Gawler) M. Hotta
Synonyms Hemerocallis disticha Donn ex Ker Gawler; Hemerocallis fulva L. var. longituba auct., non (Miquel) Maximovicz; Hemerocallis longituba auct., non Miquel
Common name (Japanese common name) no-kanzo (ノカンゾウ, 野萓草 [meaning: wild day-lily]), kanzo (萓草)
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea
Habitat Wet feild or swamp, forest edge in lawland or maountain base
Chromosomal number 2n=22 (2x)
Description Scapes electing 70-90cm tall, no leaf at bottom and mid, small bracts (15-20mm long) at upper part. Leaves distichous fascicled, linear, droops at the top, 50-70cm long, 1-1.5cm wide, non hair. Roots short but many, partly potato like expands. Flowers inflorescences dviding into 2, pedicels 3-5mm, corolla tubes 2.2-3.2cm long, orange (or orange red or red) 6 perianths each 7-8cm long with dark color spotted inside inner perianths, flowering in June to September (mainly in June to July). Fruits ca. 2-2.5cm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L. var. longituba (Miq.) Maxim.
H. fulva var. longituba (Maximowicz, 1885)
Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L. var. angustifolia Baker
Biosystematic Studies on the Genus Hemerocallis (Liliaceae) : II. Variation in Gross Morphology of the H. fulva Complex with Special Reference to the Identity of H. fulva v. longituba and v. disticha
Production of rhein and rhein derivatives (US Patent 5652265/1997)
Polymers containing antimicrobial agents and methods for making and using same (US Patent 5906825/1999)
Antihelminthic anthraquinones and method of use thereof (US Patent 6903076/2005)
Anticancer anthraquinones and method of use thereof (US Patent 6875746/2005)
Preparation of Chinese herbal composite recipe used in horticulture (US Patent 7255885/2007)
Note GRIN has described that Hemerocallis fulva L. var. disticha (Donn ex Ker Gawler) M. Hotta is a synonym of Hemerocallis fulva L. var. angustifolia Baker (Japanese common name: beni-kanzo).



June 2007
at Kyoto Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Institute for Nature Study
June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden



June 2007
at Kyoto Botanical Garden
June 2007
at Kyoto Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden



September 2008
at lowland swamp
September 2008
at lowland swamp



February 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden