Chrysosplenium japonicum var. japonicum("Yamanekonomeso")
Japanese name: ヤマネコノメソウ Scientific name:Chrysosplenium japonicum var. japonicum
[Overview]
A perennial found on the forest floor and forest edges, and on damp stone walls.
There are no stolons.
The leaves are of two kinds: basal leaves and stem leaves borne on the flower stalk.
The basal leaves are rounded kidney-shaped, 0.5–2 cm long and 0.8–3 cm wide, with 7–11 shallow teeth on the margin.
The petiole is 2–7 cm.
The flower stalk is 10–20 cm tall and bears 1–2 stem leaves arranged alternately.
The stem leaves are rounded kidney-shaped to ovate-round, with shallow teeth on the margin and long petioles.
A cyme 2–3 cm across is produced at the tip of the flower stalk and bears 6–10 flowers.
The inflorescence has leaf-like, ovate bracts.
The flowers are 4–5 mm across, green, and have no petals.
The fruit is a capsule containing many seeds.
After flowering, elliptic bulbils (mukago) form at the base of the flower stalk, and the plant propagates by bulbils as well as by seed.
