March 3, 2019

Baika-ouren (Coptis quinquefolia) flowers: Tokei-ji

Baika-ouren (Coptis quinquefolia) flowers: Tokei-ji


In a shady corner of the garden, I found the very small flowers (about 1.5 cm in diameter) of Baika-ouren secretly blooming on their stalks which stick out from the wet ground thickly covered with dead leaves.

What looks like the white petal of this small flower is actually its sepal and the true form of the flower is its tiny spoon-shaped yellow potion.



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