换锦花 Lycoris sprengeri

  • Scientific Name: Lycoris sprengeri Comes ex Baker
  • Ref: Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 32:469. 1902
  • English Common Name: tie dye surprise lily
  • Chinese Common Name: 换锦花 huànjǐn∙huā
  • Japanese Common Name: ムラサキキツネノカミソリ [紫狐の剃刀] murasakikitsunenokamisori
  • Family: Amaryllidaceae
  • Genus: Lycoris
  • Distribution: Sparse forests, bamboo forests, shady and wet places on slopes; ca. 100 m. Anhui, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang.
  • Photo: 09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang
Bulbs ovoid, ca. 3.5 cm in diam. Leaves appearing in early spring, green, ligulate, ca. 30 × 1 cm, apex obtuse. Flowering stem ca. 60 cm. Umbel 4--6-flowered; involucres 2, ca. 3.5 × 1.2 cm. Perianth pale purple; tube 1--1.5 cm; lobes often bluish at apex, oblanceolate, ca. 4.5 × 1 cm, margin not undulate. Stamens nearly as long as perianth. Style slightly longer than perianth. Capsule 3-angled, loculicidal. Seeds black, subglobose, ca. 0.5 cm in diam. Fl. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 22*. (Flora of China)

09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang

09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang

09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang

 

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