延龄草Trillium tschonoskii

  • Scientific Name: Trillium tschonoskii Maximowicz
  • Ref: Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg. 29: 218. 1884.
  • Synonyms: Trillium morii Hayata;
    T. tschonoskii var. himalaicum H. Hara;
    T. tschonoskii f. morii (Hayata) Yamamoto;
    T. tschonoskii var. morii (Hayata) Masamune.
  • Chinese Common Name: 延龄草 yan ling cao
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • Genus: Trillium
  • Distribution: Forests, moist places along ravines, shady and rocky places on hillsides; 1000–3200 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Sikkim].
  • Photo: 04/04/2020, Mt. Tianmu, Zhejiang
 Plants 15--50 cm tall. Rhizome stout, abbreviated. Stems tufted. Leaves sessile, rhombic-orbicular to broadly rhombic, 6--15 × 5--15 cm. Peduncle 1--4 cm. Flowers 3--4 cm wide. Outer tepals green, narrowly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5--2 cm × 5--9 mm, herbaceous; inner ones white, rarely pale purple, ovate-lanceolate, 1.5--2.2 cm × 4--6(--10) mm. Stamens ca. 2/5 as long as tepals; filaments 4--5 mm; anthers 3--4 mm, with slightly convex connective apically. Ovary conical-ovoid, 7--9 × 5--7 mm; stigma rather thick. Berry black-purple, globose, 1.5--1.8 cm in diam., many seeded. Fl. Apr--Jun, fr. Jul--Aug. 2 n = 20.(Flora of China)


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