Japanese name: アマナ（甘菜） Scientific name:Amana edulis
[Overview]
A perennial 15–20 cm tall, growing in grassland.
It has a broadly ovate bulb 3–4 cm long underground.
There are 2 alternate leaves, linear, 15–25 cm long and 0.5–1 cm wide.
The leaf bases are underground, so the leaves appear to grow directly from the root.
The flower stalk has 2 bracts and bears a single flower at its tip.
The flower is white with 6 petals; the tepals are slender, 2–2.5 cm long, with purple stripes on the outside.
The flower opens when it is in the sun.
The fruit is a capsule about 1 cm long.
[Uses]
The bulb is sweet and is used medicinally and as food.
[Notes]
The Japanese name comes from the sweetness of the bulb.
