Accession Data

Aspidistra elatior

Common Name: Cast Iron Plant

Family: Asparagaceae

Country of Origin: Japan (S. Kyushu) to Taiwan

Description: Hermaphroditic flowers are pollinated by slugs and snails.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 6-11

Accession #: 198500883

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1211

Quantity: 2

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Asparagaceae

SubFamily: Nolinoideae

Tribe: Convallarieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, 08 October, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, 08 October, 2019.
  3. Plants for a Future. Last accessed on Thursday, 31 October, 2019.
  4. Image #00 (cropped) and #02 by User:Nino Barbieri [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Thursday, 31 October, 2019.
  5. Flora of China. Last accessed on Thursday, 31 October, 2019.
  6. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

Images

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