Pigs Tooth Flower/Yam Head
Pigs Tooth Flower/Yam Head Plant Attributes
Chinese Name: Pigs Tooth Flower, Alias: Yam HeadLatin Name: Erythronium japonicum Decne.Family and Genus: Liliaceae, Pigs Tooth Flower GenusDistribution: Northwest America, Northeast America, and EurasiaPigs Tooth Flower/Yam Head Plant Introduction
The plant is 25-30 cm in total length, with the stem about 1 cm buried underground. The bulb is 5-6 cm long and 1 cm wide, usually with several flattened spherical bulbs near the base. There are 2 leaves, opposite below the middle of the plant, elliptical or broadly lanceolate, 10-11 cm long and 2.5-6.5 cm wide, with a short pointed tip or sub-acute apex, a cuneate base, and a petiole 3-4 cm long. The flower is a single terminal, pendulous; the tepals are lanceolate, 3.5-5 cm long and 7-11 mm wide, purple-red, with black, nearly tridentate patterns on the lower part; the inner tepals have 4 fused bodies at the base, and there is one sub-ovate semi-circular ear on each side; the filaments are awl-shaped and unequal in length; the anthers are sub-oblong, 5-7 mm long; the style thickens slightly towards the upper end, with a 3-lobed stigma. Flowering period is April to May.
The Pigs Tooth Flower is native to Northwest America, Northeast America, and Eurasia, and is a cold-tolerant bulbous flower. However, if planted in (T-W), attention should be paid to protective measures during the summer, avoiding direct sunlight to prevent sunburn, and it is best to have some shading equipment or be placed under the shade of trees, as even in its native habitat, it grows in clusters under trees, especially prefers to hide under maple or acer trees.
Pigs Tooth Flower/Yam Head Image Gallery
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