Family | Hyacinthaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
Subfamily | Hyacinthoideae |
Tribe | Hyacintheae |
Scientific name | Scilla scilloides (Lindley) Druce |
Synonyms | Barnardia alboviridis (Handel-Mazzetti) Speta; Barnardia bispatha (Handel-Mazzetti) Speta; Barnardia borealijaponica M. Kikuchi) Speta; Barnardia japonica (Thunberg) Schultes & J. H. Schultes; Barnardia pulchella (Kitagawa) Speta; Barnardia scilloides Lindley; Barnardia sinensis (Loureiro) Speta; Ornithogalum japonicum Thunberg; Ornithogalum sinense Loureiro; Scilla alboviridis Handel-Mazzetti; Scilla bispatha Handel-Mazzetti; Scilla borealijaponica M. Kikuchi; Scilla chinensis Bentham; Scilla chinensis Bentham var. mounsei H. Léveillé; Scilla japonica Baker, non Thunberg; Scilla scilloides (Lindley) Druce forma albida Y. N. Lee; Scilla scilloides (Lindley) Druce var. alboviridis (Handel-Mazzetti) F. T. Wang & Y. C. Tang; Scilla scilloides (Lindley) Druce var. mounsei (H. Léveillé) McKean; Scilla scilloides (Lindley) Druce var. pulchella (Kitagawa) Kitagawa; Scilla sinensis Merrill; Scilla sinensis Merrill var. pulchella (Kitagawa) Kitagawa; Scilla thunbergii Miyabe & Kudô; Scilla thunbergii Miyabe & Kudô var. pulchella Kitagawa |
Common name | (Japanese common name) tsuru-bo (ツルボ, 蔓穂 [meaning (might be): long inflorescences weed]), suru-bo (スルボ [meaning (might be): smooth inflorescence weed]), sanda0gasa (サンダイガサ, 参内傘 [meaning: grace umbrella]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Field, farm yard |
Chromosomal number | 2n=26, 34, 35 |
Description | Leaves 10-25cm long, 4-6mm wide. Scapes 30-50cm tall, non hair. Flowers inflorescences 8-17cm long, pedicels 5mm long, bracts 2-2.5mm, 6 pink or merely white perianths each 3-4mm long, flowering in August to September. Fruits 4mm, seeds 4mm. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Scilla scilloides (Lindl.) Druce |
Barnardia japonica (Thunberg) Schultes & J. H. Schultes |
August 2008 at lowland field |
August 2006 at mountane field |
August 2006 at mountane field |
September 2007 at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden |
August 2006 at mountane field |
October 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |