Tricyrtis hirta(Thunb.) Hook.

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WFO wfo-0000750540 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tricyrtis hirta, photographed by Se Lena
fig. a Se Lena, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-10 / obs. 162633603
Tricyrtis hirta, photographed by WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁
fig. b WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 103116935
Tricyrtis hirta, photographed by Se Lena
fig. c Se Lena, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 103020162
Tricyrtis hirta, photographed by WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁
fig. d WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101352409
Tricyrtis hirta, photographed by harum.koh
fig. e harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 11050916
Tricyrtis hirta, photographed by harum.koh
fig. f harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 5428675
Tricyrtis hirta, photographed by harum.koh
fig. g harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 5361674
Tricyrtis hirta, photographed by harum.koh
fig. h harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 5312271

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Tricyrtis hirta is native: Japan Japan
Native distribution of Tricyrtis hirta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Japan JAP ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Compsoa hirta (Thunb.) Kuntze
  • Tricyrtis clinata J.F.Macbr.
  • Tricyrtis hirta f. albescens (Makino) Hiyama
  • Tricyrtis hirta f. atropurpurea Hisauti
  • Tricyrtis hirta f. nivea Hiyama
  • Tricyrtis hirta var. albescens Makino
  • Tricyrtis hirta var. minor Honda
  • Tricyrtis hirta var. ramosissima Honda
  • Tricyrtis japonica Miq.
  • Tricyrtis masamunei Makino
  • Uvularia hirta Thunb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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