Family | Melanthiaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
Scientific name | Trillium camschatcense Ker Gawler |
Synonyms | Trillium camschatcense Ker Gawler forma plenum (J. Samejima) H. Nakai & Koji Ito; Trillium kamtschaticum Pallas ex Miyabe; Trillium obovatum (Pursh) Kunth, non Hooker; Trillium pallasii Hulten |
Common name | (Japanese common name) oh-bana-no-enrei-sou (オオバノエンレイソウ, 大葉延齢草 [meaning: large flower longevity weed]) |
(English common name) white trillium | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (northern region) |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China, [Canada, USA] | |
Habitat | (Hokkaido) forest; (Honshu) mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=10 |
Description | Plants 20-30cm tall. Leaves 3 each 10-18cm long. Flowers pedicels 4-6cm long, calyx lobes 2.5-3.5cm, white petals each 3-4cm long, flowering in May to June. Fruits 2.2cm across, seeds 2.5mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Trillium camschatcense Ker Gawler |
Trillium kamtschaticum Pall. ex Miyabe |
April 2006 at my home |
April 2006 at my home |
April 2006 at my home |
April 2008 at my home |