山菅 Dianella ensifolia


    • Scientific Name: Dianella ensifolia (L.) Redouté
    • Ref: Liliac. 1: t. 1. 1802
    • Synonyms:
      • Anthericum japonicum Thunb.
      • Charlwoodia ensata (Thunb.) Göpp.
      • Cordyline ensifolia (L.) Planch.
      • Dracaena ensata Thunb.
      • D. ensifolia L.
      • D. nemorosa Steud.
      • Eustrephus javanicus D.Dietr.
      • Liliago japonica (Thunb.) C.Presl
      • Phalangium japonicum (Thunb.) Poir.
      • Dianella albiflora Hallier f.
      • D. carinata Hallier f.
      • D. ensata (Thunb.) R.J.F.Hend.
      • D. ensifolia f. albiflora T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying
      • D. ensifolia f. racemulifera (Schlittler) T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying
      • D. ensifolia f. straminea (Yatabe) Kitam.
      • D. flabellata Hallier f.
      • D. forsteri (Spreng.) Endl.
      • D. humilis Lodd. ex Steud.
      • D. ledermannii K.Krause
      • D. mauritiana Blume
      • D. montana Blume
      • D. monticola K.Krause
      • D. nemorosa Lam.
      • D. nemorosa f. caeruloides Schlittler
      • D. obscura Kunth
      • D. parviflora Zipp. ex Hallier f.
      • D. parviflora Ridl.
      • D. philippensis Perrier
      • D. pullei K.Krause
      • D. robusta Elmer
      • D. sparsiflora Schlittler
      • D. straminea Yatabe
      • Conanthera forsteri Spreng.
      • Walleria paniculata Fritsch
    • English Common Name: harebell
    • Chinese Common Name: 山菅 shānjiān, 山菅兰 shānjiān∙lán
    • Japanese Common Name: キキョウラン [桔梗蘭] kikyōran
    • Family: Asphodelaceae
    • Genus: Dianella
    • Distribution: Forests, grassy slopes; near sea level to 1700 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan [Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, S Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa (Madagascar), E Australia, Pacific Islands].
    • Photo: 06/18/2009, Xiamen, Fujian
Rhizome creeping, 5--8 mm thick. Leaves sword-shaped, gradually narrowed at both ends, 30--80 × 1--2.5 cm, leathery, midvein abaxially and margin usually scabrous, apex obtuse. Scape 1--2 m, with several bractlike stem leaves 3--8 cm. Pan-icle laxly branched, 10--40 cm, usually with flowers borne distally. Pedicel 0.7--2 cm, usually arcuate. Tepals spreading, white, greenish white, yellowish, or bluish purple, linear-lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 6--7 × 3--3.5 mm. Stamens shorter than tepals; filaments geniculate near middle, dilated distally. Style ca. 6 mm. Berries deep blue, subglobose, ca. 6 mm in diam., 5- or 6-seeded. Fl. and fr. Mar--Aug. 2 n = 32*. (Flora of China)

09/16/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang

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