Hemerocallis fulva var. kwanso




Family Hemerocallidaceae (also placed in Liliaceae)
Scientific name Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L. var. kwanso Regel
Synonyms Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L. forma kwanso (Regel) Kitamura; Hemerocallis disticha Donn ex Ker Gawler var. kwanso (Regel) Nakai
Common name (Japanese common name) yabu-kanzo (ヤブカンゾウ, 藪萓草 [meaning: bush day-lily])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) China
Habitat Fields, forest edge or rice paddy path near village or town
Chromosomal number 2n=33 (3x)
Description Scapes electing 50-150cm tall, no leaf at bottom and mid, small bracts (10-25mm long) at upper part. Leaves distichous fascicled, linear, droops at the top, 60-90cm long, 10-28mm wide, non hair. Roots long, partly spindle like expands. Flowers inflorescences dviding into 2, pedicels 6-10mm, corolla tubes ca. 2cm long, orange (or orange red or red) 6 perianths each 7cm long with dark spotted inside inner perianths, sometimes pistils look like petals, flowering in mid July to mid August. Sterile in general. Perennial plants.
Reference Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L. var. kwanso Regel
Hemerocallis fulva var. kwanso Regel
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 Many authors have described that Hemerocallis fulva forma kwanso was introduced from China in ancient era.



July 2007
at rice paddy
July 2007
at rice paddy
July 2007
at rice paddy



July 2006
at rice paddy