• Scientific Name: Barnardia japonica (Thunb.) Schult. & Schult.f.
• Ref: J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7:555. 1829
• Synonyms: Loncomelos japonicum (Thunb.) Raf.; Ornithogalum japonicum Thunb.; Scilla scilloides (Lindl.) Druce; Scilla thunbergii Miyabe & Kudô; Simira japonica (Thunb.) Raf.
• English Common Name: Japanese jacinth
• Chinese Common Name: 绵枣儿 miánzǎor
• Japanese Common Name: ツルボ [蔓穂] tsurubo
• Family: Asparagaceae
• Genus: Barnardia
• Distribution: Forest margins, hillsides, open slopes, grasslands; near sea level to 2600 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan [Japan (including Ryukyu Islands), Korea, E Russia].
• Photo: Hangzhou, Zhejiang

Bulb ovoid to globose, 2--5 × 1--3 cm; tunic blackish brown. Leaves usually 4 or 5, (10--)15--40 cm × 2--9 mm, soft, smooth. Scape longer than leaves. Raceme (2--)7--20 cm, densely many flowered; bracts narrowly lanceolate. Pedicels 5--12 mm. Perianth segments rose purple, pink, or white, obovate, elliptic, or narrowly elliptic, 2.5--4 × ca. 1.2 mm, slightly connate and discoid at base. Stamens 2--3.5 mm; filaments sublanceolate, papillose-puberulent or glabrous. Ovary 1.5--2 mm, papillose-puberulent; ovules 1 or 2 per locule. Style 1--1.3 mm. Capsule subobovoid, 3--6 × 2--4 mm. Seeds 1--3, 2.5--5 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul--Nov. 2 n = 16, 18, 26, 27, 34*, 35, 36, 43. (Flora of China)