Triadenum japonicum




Family Hypericaceae (alt. Guttiferae)
Scientific name Triadenum japonicum (Blume) Makino
Synonyms Elodes japonica Blume; Elodes virginica (L.) Nuttall var. asiatica Maximowicz; Elodes virginica (L.) Nuttall var. japonica (Blume) Makino; Hypericum asiaticum (Maximowicz) Nakai; Hypericum fauriei R. Keller; Hypericum similans R. Keller; Hypericum virginicum L. var. asiaticum (Maximowicz) Yatabe; Hypericum virginicum L. var. japonicum (Blume) Matsumura; Triadenum asiaticum (Maximowicz) Komarov; Triadenum crassifolium (Blume) Nakai; Triadenum japonicum (Blume) Makino forma asiaticum (Maximowicz) Y. Kimura
Common name (Japanese common name) mizu-otogiri (ミズオトギリ, 水弟切 [meaning: water otogiri-sou (otogiri = Hypericum weeds; original Japanese meaning is murderer of younger brother))])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=36
Description Plants 30-70cm tall. Leaves 3-7cm long, 1-3.5cm wide. Flowers pink ca. 1cm across, calyx ca. 3-4mm long, 9 stamens, flowering in August to September (open at 15:00-17:00). Fruits ca. 1cm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Triadenum japonicum (Blume) Makino
Triadenum virginicum (L.) Raf.



August 2008
at Naruto Marsh
August 2008
at Naruto Marsh
August 2008
at Naruto Marsh



August 2008
at Naruto Marsh
August 2008
at Naruto Marsh



August 2008
at Naruto Marsh