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Tricyrtis is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the lily family, with approximately 20 known species.The species are commonly known in English as toad lilies. The genus has a native range from the Himalayas to eastern Asia, including China, [3] Japan, [4] Philippines and Taiwan, [5] and a few species are cultivated for their ornamental qualities in other parts of the world.
The dorsal sepal is narrow at the base and broad towards the rounded tip; it is light green often with purple flecks running down the middle. It arches over the flower and is equal to the labellum in length or slightly longer. The lateral sepals are long and filiform (thread-like) and are white to pink. The petals are similar but shorter. The ...
The leaves are elliptic, characteristically asymmetrical and green with white or pale green markings. The entire plant apart from the flowers is covered with slightly sticky hairs. The dorsal sepal and petals overlap, forming a hood over the column and the lateral sepals spread widely. The labellum is not lobed but has a small pouch.
Trillium sessile is a perennial, clump-forming herbaceous plant with a thick underground rhizome.Like all trilliums, it has a whorl of three bracts (leaves) and a single trimerous flower with 3 sepals, 3 petals, two whorls of 3 stamens each, and 3 carpels (fused into a single ovary with 3 stigmas). [8]
Tricyrtis formosana, the toad lily, [3] is an East Asian species of herbaceous plant in the lily family. [4] [2] It is native to Taiwan and to Nansei-shoto (also known as the Ryukyu Islands, part of Japan). The Latin specific epithet formosana refers to the former name of Taiwan, Formosa. [5]
Australian park rangers believe they have stumbled upon a record-breaking giant toad deep in a rainforest. Dubbed "Toadzilla", the cane toad, an invasive species that poses a threat to Australia's ...
The western toad (Anaxyrus boreas) is a large toad species, between 5.6 and 13 cm (2.2 and 5.1 in) long, native to western North America. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A. boreas is frequently encountered during the wet season on roads, or near water at other times.
The western toad or boreal toad (Bufo boreas) is a large toad species, between 5.6 and 13 cm (2.2 and 5.1 in) long, of western North America. It has a white or cream dorsal stripe, and is dusky gray or greenish dorsally with skin glands concentrated within the dark blotches.