Trillium tschonoskii Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Melanthiaceae > Trillium

Characteristics

A bulb plant. It grows 15-50 cm high. It has a stout rhizome or underground stem which is short. The stems are in clumps. The leaves do not have leaf stalks. They are round and 6-15 cm long by 5-15 cm wide. The flower stalk is 1-4 cm long. The flowers are 3-4 cm wide. The flowers are green and pale purple or white. The fruit is a black purple round berry. It is 1.5-1.8 cm across. It has many seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests in moist places which are shady and often near rocks. In China it grows between 1000-3200 m altitude. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
More
Mountains in C. and S. Japan. Shady places in rocky wooded ravines in humus-rich soils.
Light 1-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Dizziness (rhizome), Fractures, bone (rhizome), Headache (rhizome), Hemorrhage (rhizome), Hypertension (rhizome), Pain (rhizome)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 545
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

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

Conservation status

Trillium tschonoskii threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542611-1
WFO ID wfo-0000750326
COL ID 58TZW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Trillium tschonoskii Trillium morii Trillium tschonoskii f. morii Trillium tschonoskii f. violaceum Trillium tschonoskii f. cryptopetalum Trillium camschatcense var. tschonoskii Trillium tschonoskii var. himalaicum Trillium tschonoskii var. cryptopetalum Trillium tschonoskii var. atrorubens Trillium tschonoskii var. morii