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Tricyrtis
Tricyrtis latifolia var. makinoana
Tricyrtis latifolia var. makinoana

Tricyrtis latifolia var. makinoana ("Hagoromohototogisu")

Japanese name: ハゴロモホトトギス (羽衣杜鵑草)
Scientific name: Tricyrtis latifolia var. makinoana

Tricyrtis latifolia var. makinoana

[Overview]
A perennial growing in slightly moist places in the mountains.
The leaves are simple and alternate, broadly elliptic, 8–18 cm long, and hairy on the underside.
The leaf bases clasp the stem.
Flowers are borne facing upward in corymbs at the stem tips.
The flowers are cup-shaped with 6 tepals, which open at an angle and are yellow.
The inside of the flower has purplish brown spots.
The style of the pistil is divided into 3 parts, each of which is further divided into 2 lobes and opens flat.
There are 6 stamens; the filaments rise along the styles and curve back at the top, bearing the anthers facing outward.
The fruit is a capsule.

Details

Names
Japanese: ハゴロモホトトギス(羽衣杜鵑草)
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
July, August, September
Distribution or origin
Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu: Tohoku region)
Leaf shape
Simple leaf (unlobed)
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Inflorescence
Corymb
Number of petals
6
Flower color
Yellow
Leaf color
Green

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

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