Family | Ruscaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
Scientific name | Polygonatum falcatum A. Gray |
Synonyms | none |
Common name | (Japanese common name) naruko-yuri (ナルコユリ, 鳴子百合 [meaning: clapper lily]) |
(English common name) dwarf Solomon's seal | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea | |
Habitat | Mountane forest, forest edge or fields |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18, 20 |
Description | Plants 50-130cm, non edge, non hair. Leaves 10-20cm long, non hair on surface. Flowers white perianths each 19-22mm long, flowering in May to June. Fruits 7-10mm, seeds 3mm. Perennial plants. |
References | Polygonatum falcatum A. Gray |
Note | Polygonatum humile and Polygonatum odoratum have been often mistakenly (and sometimes intentionally or falsefully) sold as Polygonatum falcatum. |
June 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
June 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
June 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
June 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba (plants in left hand = P. macranthum) |
June 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
June 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |