Asian skunk cabbage - Asian skunk cabbage

Japanese: ミズバショウ - みずばしょう
Asian skunk cabbage - Asian skunk cabbage

A perennial plant of the Araceae family (APG classification: Araceae). It has a thick rhizome. The leaves grow in bundles on the rhizome, are elliptical, and over 60 cm long when mature. The inflorescence is basal, with a 10-30 cm flower stalk, which develops in May-July before the leaves. The spadix is ​​cylindrical and densely bears bisexual flowers that are yellow at first, 3-5 cm long, and gradually grow larger, turning yellow-green. A large white spathe is attached to the base of the flower stalk, surrounding the stalk and inflorescence. The berries are embedded in the rachis and ripen green. It grows in colonies in marshes in cold regions, and is distributed in Honshu, Hokkaido, the Kuril Islands, Kamchatka, Sakhalin, and Ussuri. The name comes from the fact that it grows near water and its leaves resemble those of a banana. In North America there is the American skunk cabbage, L. americanus Hult. et St.John, which has a yellow spathe.

[Hitoshi Murata January 21, 2022]

[Reference] | Spaghetti Bag

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

サトイモ科(APG分類:サトイモ科)の多年草。太い根茎がある。葉は根茎に束生し、楕円(だえん)形で成熟時には長さ60センチメートルを超える。花序は根生し、10~30センチメートルの花柄があり、5~7月、葉に先だって展開する。肉穂花序は円柱状で密に両性花をつけ、初めは黄色で長さ3~5センチメートル、しだいに大きくなり、黄緑色となる。花柄の基部に白色で大形の仏炎包(ぶつえんほう)がつき、花柄と花序を囲む。液果は花軸に埋まり、緑色に熟す。寒地の湿原に群生し、本州、北海道、および千島、カムチャツカ、樺太(からふと)(サハリン)、ウスリーに分布する。名は、水辺に生え、葉がバショウに似ることによる。北アメリカには仏炎包が黄色のアメリカミズバショウL. americanus Hult. et St.Johnがある。

[邑田 仁 2022年1月21日]

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