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 |