Corchoropsis tomentosa is a small annual wildflower of eastern Asia that opens bright yellow, five-petaled flowers in late summer. It grows in Korea, Japan, and China, and isn't found in the wild in the United States.
Appearance
- Appearance
- It grows about 1–3 ft (30–90 cm) tall. Stems and leaves are covered in tiny star-shaped hairs.
- Growth form
- An annual herb that lives for a single season.
- Leaves
- Leaves are alternate and egg-shaped, about 1–3 in (2–7 cm) long.
- Flowers
- Yellow flowers about 0.6–0.7 in (1.5–1.8 cm) across grow one at a time where the leaves meet the stem. Five long, stick up past about 10 true stamens, and the narrow sepals curl backward.
- Fruit
- A slender, hairy pod about 1–1.6 in (2.5–4 cm) long that splits into three parts when ripe.
Where it lives
- Range
- Native to eastern Asia: Korea, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu), and much of China. It isn't known from the wild in the US.
Name and classification
- About the name
- Some botanists treat it as the same species as Corchoropsis crenata, the name often used in Japan.
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