Plant Encyclopedia
Lloydia serotina (mountain spiderwort, "Chishimaamana")
Japanese name: チシマアマナ （千島甘菜）
Scientific name: Lloydia serotina
[Overview]
A perennial 7–15 cm tall, found on rocky ground in high mountains.
It has a cylindrical bulb about 4–7 cm long.
Usually 2 leaves grow from the base, linear, 7–20 cm long and 0.1 cm wide.
2–4 leaves also grow alternately on the flower stem.
A single flower is borne at the tip of the flower stem.
The flower is white, funnel-shaped, with 6 petals, and yellowish-red glands at the base of the tepals.
There are 6 stamens.
The fruit is a capsule.
Details
Names
English: mountain spiderwort, common alplily, Snowdon lily, Snowdon alplily
Japanese: チシマアマナ（千島甘菜）、チシマソウ（千島草）
Japanese: チシマアマナ（千島甘菜）、チシマソウ（千島草）
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Terrestrial
Similar plants
Flowering season
June, July, August
Distribution or origin
Japan (Hokkaido to central and northern Honshu), southern Kuril Islands, Northern Hemisphere polar zone
Height
70–150 mm
Leaf shape
Linear
Leaf arrangement
Alternate, Basal
Inflorescence
Solitary
Flower color
White
Leaf color
Green
Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.