Botrychium nipponicum




Family Botrychiaceae (also placed in Ophioglossaceae)
Scientific name Botrychium nipponicum Makino
Synonyms Sceptridium nipponicum (Makino) Holub; Sceptridium ternatum (Thunberg) Lyon var. nipponicum (Makino) M. Nishida
Common name (Japanese common name) aka-hana-warabi (アカハナワラビ, 赤花蕨 [meaning: red leaves flowering warabi (warabi = Pteridium aquilinum)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (south of Miyagi Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China
Habitat Mountane forest
Chromosomal number n=45 (2x)
Description Leaves vegetative leaf pinnately trifoliolate, ca. 10cm long and ca. 10cm wide (green in Summer and Autumn, red in Winter), sporophyll leaf 20-50cm tall. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference  Botrychium nipponicum
Botrychium nipponicum Makino
Note Reratively rare.



September 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
September 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
September 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



December 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden