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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:
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[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>
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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>
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It is sometimes placed in its own family Glaucidiaceae, or in the family [[Paeoniaceae]].<ref name=grin/>
  
 
==Cultivation==
 
==Cultivation==

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: 18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18.
Width: 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Lifespan: perennial, annual
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: part-sun, shade
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 6 to 9
Flower features: blue, purple
Scientific Names

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Glaucidium is a genus of plants in family Ranunculaceae, comprising a single species Glaucidium palmatum (Japanese Wood Poppy; Shirane-aoi). It is endemic to northern and eastern Japan on Hokkaidō and northeastern Honshū on mountains close to the Sea of Japan.[1][2]

It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant growing to 40 cm tall with a rigid stem with two large (20 cm diameter) palmately lobed 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 follicles.[3]

It is sometimes placed in its own family Glaucidiaceae, or in the family Paeoniaceae.[2]

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References

  1. Shiro Tsuyuzaki, Hokkaido University: Japanese Wood Poppy
  2. 2.0 2.1 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Glaucidium
  3. Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.

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