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Tricyrtis affinis(family: Liliaceae)

Japanese name: Yamajino-hototogisu

This plant grows at shade of trees from field to mountainside. Japanese name Hototogisu is a name of a little cuckoo, this is from that red point on the flower looks like the spots of a little cuckoo on chest.

My observation records:

11/Sept/'99 Tukude Aichi-pref partly bloom