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Chrysosplenium japonicum,
a perennial of 10-20cm in height found in damp
forests, wears long white hairs and sends out no runners. Flowers:
calyx lobes open flat, stamens numbering 4 or 8 in all, with yellow
anthers. Leave-on-stems, 1-2 in number, are of alternate phyllotaxis,
each in a roundish kidney shape, 1-3cm long, with flat serrations on
the margins. Flower stalks bear hairy propagules at the bases. Bloom
time: March-April. |