Tricyrtis Hirta

, the toad lily or hairy toad lily, is a Japanese species of

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herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of t ...

perennial plant in the lily family Liliaceae. It is found growing on shaded rocky cliffs and stream banks in central and southern

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. Leaves are large and wide, clasping around the stem. The flowers are whitish to pale purple with dark purple spots.Hooker, William Jackson 1863. Botanical Magazine 89: plate 5355 + two subsequent text pages
color illustration, descriptions in English + Latin, commentary in English ;Varieties * ''Tricyrtis hirta'' var. ''hirta'' - central and southern

* ''Tricyrtis hirta'' var. ''masamunei'' (Makino) Masam -

Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...

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Abraham Jacobus Wendel Abraham Jacobus Wendel (Leiden, 31 October 1826 Leiden, 23 September 1915) was a Dutch lithographer, draughtsman and scientific botanical and paleontological illustrator using the signature AW and A. J. Wendel hirta Plants described in 1784 Flora of Japan {{liliales-stub