Cardiocrinum cordatum Makino

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Cardiocrinum

Characteristics

A bulb plant. The bulb dies after flowering and plants re-grow from side shoots. The leaves are heart shaped. The flower stems are tall. The flowers are trumpet shaped.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 1.65 - 1.9
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It needs fertile, moist, humus rich and well-drained soil. It can grow in bright shade.
More
Conifer, oak and bamboo woods in mountains in cool moist situations, especially in N. Japan.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The starchy bulbs are cooked and eaten. They are added to soup.
Uses food material
Edible bulbs leaves roots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from fresh seed of offsets.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 90 - 730
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Cardiocrinum cordatum leaf picture by Kenneth Parker (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Cardiocrinum cordatum flower picture by Kenneth Parker (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cardiocrinum cordatum world distribution map, present in Japan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:532548-1
WFO ID wfo-0000762952
COL ID R5CF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Cardiocrinum cordatum Hemerocallis cordata Hemerocallis cordifolia Lilium glehnii Lilium cordifolium Lilium cordatum Saussurea cordifolia Cardiocrinum glehnii Cardiocrinum cordatum f. sordidum Cardiocrinum cordatum var. glehnii