Tricyrtis formosana Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Tricyrtis

Characteristics

Stem sometimes branched, usually flexuous, 25--80 cm, glabrous or slightly pubescent distally. Leaves oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate to obovate, 8--13 × 2.5--4.5 cm, adaxially glabrescent, abaxially pubescent particularly along veins, base usually narrowed and subcuneate, margin ciliate, apex acuminate. Cymes terminal and also axillary in distal part of stem, laxly several flowered; pedicels 1--6 cm, pubescent or glabrous. Flowers trumpet-shaped. Tepals purple-white, with purple spots adaxially, lanceolate, oblanceolate, or oblong, 2--4 cm × 4--11 mm, abaxially usually laxly pubescent; outer ones basally saccate. Stamens usually included. Ovary glabrous. Style subequaling stigmatic lobes. Capsule 2.5--3.5 × 5--6 mm. Fl. and fr. (?Apr--)Oct--Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 2-6
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

Uses gene source
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Tricyrtis formosana unspecified picture

Distribution

Tricyrtis formosana world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542477-1
WFO ID wfo-0000750552
COL ID 58NGF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Compsoa formosana Tricyrtis formosana

Lower taxons

Tricyrtis formosana var. glandosa Tricyrtis formosana var. formosana