Scientific Name: Tricyrtis hirta (incl. hybrids)
Common Name: Japanese toad lily
Family Name: Liliaceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Perennial border
Exposure: Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Parallel venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Cyme, White, Violet, Purple, Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Capsule, Green, Brown, Oct-Nov
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, venation parallel, oval to oblong, clasping stem, hairy; flowers up to 3cm wide, 6 tepals with purple spots.