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Erythronium japonicum (Katakuri)

Synonyms: Erythronium dens-canis var. japonicum; Erythronium japonicum f. album; Erythronium japonicum f. immaculatum; Erythronium japonicum f. leucanthum; Erythronium japonicum var. leucanthum

Wikipedia Abstract

Erythronium japonicum (katakuri; Japanese: 片栗) is a pink-flowered species trout lily, belonging to the Lily family and native to Japan, Korea, the Russian Far East (Sakhalin Island, Kuril Islands) and northeastern China (Jilin and Liaoning). It is a spring ephemeral, blooming April–June in woodlands. Applying the generic common name trout lily may be somewhat of a misnomer, because in the Japanese species, the individual plant may or may not exhibit the flecked dark markings on the leaves, which is emblematic of that common name (see below).
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  Although no records of toxicity have been seen for this species, the following notes have been seen for another member of this genus and so some caution is advised. Skin contact with the bulbs has been known to cause dermatitis in sensitive people;
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Bulb
Height [2]  8 inches (0.2 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve V 619089 Jilin, China  
Kurilsky State Nature Reserve 161520 Sakhalin, Russia    

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Plants 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