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Diphylleia grayi
Diphylleia grayi, the skeleton flower, is a perennial woodland plant from northern and central Japan, famous for white flowers whose petals turn transparent when wet. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, and it needs cool, moist, shaded conditions like its mountain forest home.
Diphylleia grayi, also known as the skeleton flower, is a species of perennial plant in the family Berberidaceae. It is native to northern and central Japan.
Other regions and languages have common names for this plant; In Japan, it is commonly referred to as Japanese: サンカヨウ, romanized: sankayō, lit. 'lotus of mountain'. In China, it is commonly referred to as Chinese: 冰莲, romanized: bīng lián, lit. 'ice lotus'.
The plant is distributed from north to central Honshu, Hokkaido, Mount Daisen, and Sakhalin. It grows in slightly moist places in the woods of high mountains.
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