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Disporum sessile D.Don ex Schult. & Schult.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Colchicaceae > Disporum

Characteristics

A plant that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 50 cm tall. The flowers are bell shaped and hang down.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Woods in hilly country and foothills all over Japan.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows well in shade.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Disporum sessile world distribution map, present in Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534073-1
WFO ID wfo-0000765605
COL ID 36VRS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Uvularia sessilis Disporum sessile Disporum taquetii Disporum sessile var. macrophyllum Disporum sessile var. stenophyllum

Lower taxons

Disporum sessile var. minus Disporum sessile f. intermedium Disporum sessile var. micranthum Disporum sessile var. sessile
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