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Tricyrtis latifolia Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Tricyrtis

Characteristics

Stem 40--100 m, usually glabrous. Leaves obovate to ovate-elliptic, 1--1.5 cm × 4--8 mm, adaxally glabrous, abaxially sparsely to rather densely pubescent, base deeply cordate, amplexicaul, apex acuminate to cuspidate. Cymes terminal and sometimes also axillary in distal part of stem, several to many flowered; rachis and pedicels papillose; pedicel 1.5--3 cm. Tepals obliquely outward spreading, pale yellow, with purple-red spots, obanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 1.6--2 cm × 4--5 mm; outer ones basally saccate. Stamens 1.5--2 cm. Ovary glabrous. Capsule 3--3.5 cm. Fl. and fr. Jun--Sep. 2 n = 26.
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A herb. The stem is 40-100 cm high. The leaves are oval and 1-1.5 cm long by 4-8 mm wide. The base is deeply heart shaped. The flowers are at the tip of the plant. There are many flowers in a group. The flowers are pale yellow with purple-red spots. The fruit is a capsule 3-3.5 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Environment

Woods in mountains all over Japan. Forests and forest margins in Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces in China.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows on the edges of forests in N China. in Sichuan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

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Edible leaves shoots
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Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

They can be grown from seed or by plant division.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Images

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Distribution

Tricyrtis latifolia world distribution map, present in China and Japan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542484-1
WFO ID wfo-0000750479
COL ID 58NGP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tricyrtis latifolia Tricyrtis bakeri Compsoa latifolia Tricyrtis makinoana Tricyrtis latifolia var. makinoana Tricyrtis latifolia var. nikkomontana Tricyrtis latifolia var. emaculata
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