Smilacina

...A perennial plant of the lily family (illustration) that is a typical understory plant of temperate deciduous forests. It grows in clusters in slightly moist grass on the forest floor, and produces small white flowers in dense panicles in May and June. Its Japanese name comes from its snow-white flowers and conspicuous leaves with parallel veins similar to those of bamboo grass. The stem is 20-60 cm tall and has many spreading hairs. The leaves are alternate in two rows, 6-13 cm long, and have many soft hairs on the underside. There are six perianth petals that open flat, 3-4 mm long, and six stamens. The fruit is a berry, spherical, 5-7 mm in diameter. It ripens red in autumn. ...

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…温帯性落葉樹林の林床植物として代表的なユリ科の多年草（イラスト）。林床のやや湿った草地に群生し，5～6月に白色の小さな花を密な円錐花序につける。和名は雪のように白い花とササに似た平行脈の目だつ葉にちなんだもの。茎は高さ20～60cm。開出毛が多い。葉は2列互生で長さ6～13cm。裏面には軟らかい毛が多い。花被は6枚で平開し，長さ3～4mm。おしべは6本。果実は液果で，径5～7mmの球形。秋に赤く熟する。…

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