Family | Ranunculaceae |
Subfamily | Isopyroideae |
Tribe | Isopyreae |
Subtribe | Isopyrineae |
Scientific name | Dichocarpum nipponicum (Franchet) W. T. Wang et P. K. Hsiao |
Synonyms | Isopyrum nipponicum Franchet; Isopyrum ohwianum hort. |
Common name | (Japanese common name) adzuma shirokane-sou (アズマシロカネソウ, 東白銀草 [meaning: adzuma silver flower weed (adzuma = an old name of northeastern Japan)] |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (mainly Japan Sea side, south of Akita Prefecture, north of Fukui Prefecture) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane wet field |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 10-25cm tall. Leaves 2-4cm wide. Flowers yellow-green (outside purple) 7-10mm across, flowering in April to July. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Dichocarpum nipponicum (Franch.) W.T.Wang & P.K.Hsiao |
April 2007 at Yukiguni Botanical Gardem |
April 2007 at Yukiguni Botanical Gardem |
April 2007 at Yukiguni Botanical Gardem |