| Disporum viridescens | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Colchicaceae |
| Genus: | Disporum |
| Species: | D. viridescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Disporum viridescens (Maximowicz) Nakai[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Uvularia viridescens Maximowicz | |
Disporum viridescens is a species of flowering plant in the genus Disporum. Like other species in the genus, it grows from a rhizome. The plant is 30 to 80 cm (12 to 31 in), with a stem that may branch. The leaves are more-or-less ovate in shape with a very short petiole (stalk). One or two open flowers are borne at the ends of stems; they have greenish white tepals which are 1.5 to 2 cm (0.59 to 0.79 in) long. Flowering is in late spring to early summer (May to June in the northern hemisphere). Black berries around 1 cm (0.39 in) in diameter appear a few months later.[2]
Plants grow in woodland or on grassy slopes at altitudes up to 600 m (2,000 ft) in northeastern China, eastern Russia, Japan, and Korea.[2]
Plant growing in cultivation near Sutton Coldfield, England
Plant in Chōfu city wild grass garden, Tokyo, Japan
References
- ↑ World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-29, search for "Disporum viridescens"
- 1 2 3 Disporum viridescens in Flora of China, retrieved 2011-05-29