Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
Tribe | Cranichideae |
Subtribe | Goodyerinae |
Scientific name | Galearis cyclochila (Franchet & Savatier) Soó |
Synonyms | Galeorchis cyclochila (Franchet & Savatier) Nevski; Gymnadenia cyclochila (Franchet & Savatier) Korshinsky; Habenaria cyclochila Franchet & Savatier; Orchis cyclochila (Franchet & Savatier) Maximovicz |
Common name | (Japanese common name) kamome-ran (カモメラン, 鴎蘭 [meaning: seagull orchid]), kamome-sou (カモメソウ, 鴎草 [meaning: seagull weed]), ichiyou-chidori (イチヨウチドリ, 一葉千鳥 [meaning: single leaf plover birds orchid]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region), Shikoku |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China | |
Habitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=42 |
Description | Plants 7-17cm tall. Leaves single, 4-7cm long, 2.5-5cm wide. Flowers pink (or merely white) sepals 7-10mm long, lip ca. 1cm long, bracts 1-2.5cm long, flowering in May to July. Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Galearis cyclochila (Franch. & Sav.) Soo |
Cytological studies on some representative species of the tribe Orchideae (Orchidaceae) from China |
May 2009 my home |
May 2009 my home |
May 2009 my home |