Disporum viridescens

Flower name
Disporum viridescens
Scientific name
Disporum viridescens
Alias大稚児百合, アオチゴユリ
Place of originJapan, Korean Peninsula, China, Russia
Place of floweringLow mountains
Flowering seasonMay, June

What is Disporum viridescens

Disporum viridescens (scientific name: Disporum viridescens) is a perennial plant native to Japan, the Korean Peninsula, China, and Russia, belonging to the family Colchicaceae and the genus Disporum. It grows wild in rather light forests in the mountains of the Hokkaido to Tohoku and Chubu regions. The underground rhizomes grow in clusters, producing horizontally creeping plants. The herb is 40-70 cm tall and often branches out at the top. The leaves, which are attached to the ends of the short petioles, are ovate to oblong-elliptic, pointed, and alternate. It produces 2 to 3 downward-facing flowers at the stem end. The petals are 1.5 cm to 2 cm long and the petals are greenish white. The pistil of the pistil has three deep lobes and is recurved. The pistil is green and large, spherical. The flower column and the cotyledons are the same length. The fruit after the flower is a liquid berry 0.7 to 1 cm in diameter and ripens black.

At Scientific name
The genus name "Disporum" is a compound of the Latin words "dis" (double) and "sporum" (seed), referring to the presence of two hypocotyls in each chamber of the ovule. The species name "viridescens" means "light green" in Latin.

Difference between D. viridescens and Chigoyuri
・D. viridescens: The height is 40-70 cm, and it is branched at the top. The petiole length is 1.5-2 cm, and the pistil has three lobes from the bottom.
・Chigoyuri: The plant is 20-35 cm in height, almost unbranched, petiole length 1-1.5 cm, and the pistil is not split.

Common name: Disporum viridescens, scientific name: Disporum viridescens, origin: Japan, Korean Peninsula, China, Russia, habitat: Hokkaido, Tohoku, Central Japan, living environment: forests, Habitat: Hokkaido, Tohoku, Chubu regions, Living environment: light forest habitats, Life form: cold hardy perennial, Herb height: 40-70 cm, Stem: well branched at the top, Leaf color: green, Leaf shape: ovate, Phyllotaxy: alternate, Flowering season: May to June, Number of petals: 3 petals and 3 sepals, Flower color: white with green tint, Flower length: 1.5-2 cm, Flowering style: 1 or 2 bloom drooping; stamens number: 6; fruit type: liquid fruit; fruit shape: spherical; fruit color: green to black; diameter of spherical fruit: 1 cm.