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Barnardia japonica

Synonyms: Loncomelos japonicum (homotypic); Ornithogalum japonicum (homotypic); Scilla scilloides var. scilloides; Scilla thunbergii (homotypic); Simira japonica (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Barnardia japonica, the Japanese jacinth, is a bulbous flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae (also treated as the family Hyacinthaceae). It is one of the two species of the genus Barnardia, found in east China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and East Russia.
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Infraspecies

Barnardia japonica var. japonica
Barnardia japonica var. litoralis
Barnardia japonica var. major

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Scent [1]  The flowers have a hyacinth-like aroma;
Structure [1]  Bulb
Height [1]  16 inches (0.4 m)
Width [1]  1.968 inches (0.05 m)
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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0