• Scientific Name: Amana edulis (Miq.) Honda
• Ref: Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Japan 6:20. 1935
• Synonyms: Ornithogalum edule Siebold; Amana edulis f. duplexa Yashiro, Y.Ichihara & Iwase; A. graminifolia (Baker) A.D.Hall; Gagea argyi H.Lév.; G. coreana H.Lév.; G. hypoxioides H.Lév.; Orithyia edulis Miq.; O. oxypetala A.Gray; Tulipa edulis (Miq.) Baker; T. graminifolia Baker
• Chinese Common Name: 老鸦瓣 lǎoyābàn, 光慈菇 guāng∙cígū
• Japanese Common Name: アマナ [甘菜] amana
• Family: Liliaceae
• Genus: Amana
• Distribution: Grassy slopes, hillsides; near sea level to 1700 m. Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea].
• Type: In agris ins. Nippon frequens, ubi ad amylum extrahendum bulbi colliguntur: siebold; prope Nangasaki oldham n. 545

Bulb ovoid, 1.5--4 cm in diam.; tunic brownish, papery, densely villous-woolly inside. Stem usually simple, 10--25 cm, slender, glabrous. Leaves usually 2, glaucous, linear, (10--)15--25 cm × (2--)5--9(--12) mm, relatively thick, glabrous. Bracts usually 2, opposite, very rarely 3 and whorled, narrowly linear, 1.5--3 cm × 1--2 mm. Flower solitary; pedicel 2--4 cm. Tepals white, streaked with purple-red, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate, 2--3 cm × 4--7 mm. Inner stamens slightly longer than outer; filaments glabrous, slightly dilated near middle or base. Style ca. 4 mm. Capsule subglobose, 5--7 mm in diam., apex long beaked. Fl. Mar--Apr, fr. Apr--May. 2 n = 48* (Flora of China)

02/22/2014, Hangzhou Botanical Garden, Zhejiang