Aletris foliata




Family Nartheciaceae (also placed in Liliaceae)
Scientific name Aletris foliata (Maximowicz) Bureau & Franchet
Synonyms Metanarthecium foliatum Maximovicz
Common name (Japanese common name) nebari-nogi-ran (ネバリノギラン, 粘芒蘭 [sticky nogi-ran (nogi-ran = Aletris luteoviridis (syn. Metanarthecium luteo-viride))])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea
Habitat (Hokkaido) fields in sea levael to mountane area; (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) fields in high mountains
Chromosomal number 2n=52
Description Leaves 5-25cm long, 8-20mm wide. Scapes 30-50cm tall. Flowers inflorescences 3-11cm long, pedicels 1mm long, bracts 5-15mm long, yellow green corollas 6-7mm long, flowering in July to August. Fruits 6mm long, seeds 0.8mm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Aletris glabra Bureau & Franchet
Extraction of steroidal materials from vegetable materials (US Patent 3620919/1971)
Feed for poultry (US Patent 4128640/1978)
Cleansing articles for skin and/or hair which also deposit skin care actives (US Patent 6338855/2002)
Pre-formed, self-adhesive sheet devices suitable for topical application (WIPO Patent WO/2001/001933)
Skin care compositions including Hexapeptide complexes and methods of their manufacture (WIPO Patent WO/2007/102957)
New catechol derivative and 5-Lipoxygenase inhibitor containing the same as active component (Japanese Patent JP09157206/1997)
Note Flora of China has suggested that Aletris foliata (Maximowicz) Bureau & Franchet is a synonym of Aletris glabra Bureau & Franchet.



July 2008
at Mt. Haruna
July 2008
at Mt. Haruna
July 2008
at Mt. Haruna



July 2008
at Mt. Haruna
July 2008
at Mt. Haruna