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
[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.