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Cardamine arakiana

Cardamine arakiana ("Omarubakonronso")

Japanese name: オオマルバコンロンソウ (大丸葉崑崙草)
Scientific name: Cardamine arakiana

Cardamine arakiana

[Overview]
A perennial 10–40 cm tall, found in the mountains.
The rhizome is partly thickened.
The stem is usually hairy.
Leaves are usually odd-pinnately compound with 3 leaflets; the leaflets are round to kidney-shaped with heart-shaped bases and distinct leaflet stalks.
The leaf margins have rounded teeth.
The leaf stalk is long, and there are no ear-like appendages at its base.
Simple leaves or odd-pinnately compound leaves with 5 leaflets sometimes appear.
A short raceme arises at the top of the stem and bears white four-petaled flowers.
The petals are obovate, 4–7 mm long.
The fruit is a linear, hairless silique 2.5–4 cm long.
The seeds are arranged in a single row in the fruit.

Details

Names
Japanese: オオマルバコンロンソウ(大丸葉崑崙草)
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Terrestrial
Similar plants
Flowering season
April, May
Distribution or origin
Japan (Kyoto, Hyogo, Okayama)
Height
100–400 mm
Leaf shape
Simple leaf (unlobed), Odd-pinnate compound leaf
Leaf arrangement
Alternate, Basal
Leaf margin
Serrate
Inflorescence
Raceme
Number of petals
4
Flower color
White
Leaf color
Green
Designated plants
EN: Endangered (Class IB), Endemic to Japan

Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.

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