Cardiocrinum cordatum, known as turep in the Ainu languages, is a Northeast Asian species of plant in the lily family. It is native to Japan and to certain Russian islands in the Sea of Okhotsk (Sakhalin, Kuril Islands).[2][3][4][5]
Because of its large, showy flowers, Cardiocrinum cordatum is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental in regions outside its native range, though not as frequently as the related C. giganteum.[6][7]
The Ainu, a group indigenous to Hokkaido, harvested the bulbs. Starch was extracted and used to create a form of dumpling.[8]
The plant has reportedly become naturalized in the State of Maryland, in the eastern United States.[2][9][10]
References
- ^ illustration circa 1880 by Walter Hood Fitch (1817 - 1892), published in: Henry John Elwes: A monograph of the genus Lilium. Taylor and Francis, London 1880
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Makino, Tomitarô 1932. Journal of Japanese Botany 8: 6.
- ^ Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1–516. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Makino, Tomitarô 1913. Shokubutsu-gaku zasshi 27:124
- ^ Rare Plants UK
- ^ Plant World Seeds
- ^ 萩中美枝 (1992). Kikigaki Ainu no shokuji. Haginaka. Mie, 萩中美枝. Tōkyō: Nō-san-gyoson Bunka Kyōkai. ISBN 4-540-92004-9. OCLC 28495951.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Youtube video, Cardiocrinum cordatum in a Maryland woodland 2/2
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