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'''''Glaucidium''''' is a [[genus]] of plants in [[family (biology)|family]] [[Ranunculaceae]], comprising a single species '''''Glaucidium palmatum''''' ('''Japanese Wood Poppy'''; ''Shirane-aoi''). It is [[endemism|endemic]] to northern and eastern [[Japan]] on [[Hokkaidō]] and northeastern [[Honshū]] on mountains close to the [[Sea of Japan]].<ref name=>Shiro Tsuyuzaki, Hokkaido University: [http://hosho.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsuyu/plants/gla_pal.html Japanese Wood Poppy]</ref><ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4974 ''Glaucidium'']</ref> It is a [[rhizome|rhizomatous]] [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] growing to 40 cm tall with a rigid stem with two large (20 cm diameter) palmately lobed [[leaf|leaves]] at the top and small membraneous leaves lower on the stem. The [[flower]] is produced singly at the top of the stem, 8 cm diameter, with four pink to pale purple (rarely white) petaloid sepals, numerous stamens and two carpels. The [[fruit]] is a cluster of [[follicle (fruit)|follicles]].<ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref> It is sometimes placed in its own family Glaucidiaceae, or in the family [[Paeoniaceae]].<ref name=grin/> ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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