Amur Daylily
Hemerocallis middendorffii Trautv. et Mey.
var. esculenta (Koidz.) Ohwi
[Liliaceae (Hemerocallidaceae)]
Genus Hemerocallis L. (Daylilies)
Native from Europe to Asia including Japan
This group is confusing.
H. aurantiaca Baker [ワスレグサ]
H. citrina Baroni
- var. vespertina (Hara) M. Hota (syn. H. vespertina Hara., H. thunbergii Baker) [ユウスゲ, キスゲ]
H. flava L.
- yezoensis (Hara) M. Hotta (syn. H. flava L., H. yezoensis Hara) [エゾキスゲ]
H. dumortieri Morr. var. dumortieri [ヒメカンゾウ]
- var. esculenta (Koidz.) Kitam. (syn. H. middendorffii Trautv. et Mey. var. esculenta (Koidz.) Ohwi) [(エゾ)ゼンテイカ, ニッコウキスゲ]
- var. exaltata (Stout) Kitam. (syn. H. exaltata Stout) [トビシマカンゾウ]
H. fulva L.
- var. fluva [ホンカンゾウ]
- var. kwanso Regel [ヤブカンゾウ]
- var. littorea (Makino) M. Hotta (syn. H. littorea Makino) [ハマカンゾウ]
- var. longituba (Miq.) Maxim. (syn. H. longituba Miq.) [ノカンゾウ]
Hemerocallis middendorffii var. esculenta
H. middendorffii Trautv. et Mey. var. esculenta Ohwi
Ezo-zenteika/Ezo-kanzou (エゾゼンテイカ/エゾカンゾウ, 蝦夷禅庭花)
Lifefrom: perennial herb
Distribution: Japn (from Hokkaido to Ryukyu), Korea, China, Malaysia, India
Habitat: wetlands, and seacoasts
H. middendorffii var. esculenta in Hokkaido
[Left] flowers. [Right] close-up of the flowers showin in left. At Shinsen Bog in Niseko on June 24 2007.
[Left] a patch with flowers. [Right] flower buds. In a post-mined peatland, Sarobetsu mire, on June 20 2009
References
- Field training on integrated environmental research 統合環境調査法実習
fauna and flora (出現種リスト) - Linnaeus 1753. Sp. Pl.: 324
- wetland (湿原)
- 野口順子. 1988. 異質染色体質の変異よりみた日本列島におけるゼンテイカ群の変遷史と分化 (Differentiation of Hemerocallis middendorfii complex in Japan from the viewpoint of the variation of heterochromatin). 植物分類・地理 (Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica) 39: 25-36