Cardiocrinum cordatum

Cardiocrinum cordatum, known as turep in the Ainu languages, is a Northeast Asian species of plant in the lily family. It is native to Japan and to certain Russian islands in the Sea of Okhotsk (Sakhalin, Kuril Islands).^[2][3][4][5]

Cardiocrinum cordatum
Cardiocrinum cordatum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Subfamily:	Lilioideae
Tribe:	Lilieae
Genus:	Cardiocrinum
Species:	C. cordatum
Binomial name
Cardiocrinum cordatum (Thunb.) Makino
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy Hemerocallis cordata Thunb. Libertia heteroclita Dumort. Lilium cordatum (Thunb.) Koidz. & Airy Shaw Lilium cordifolium]] Thunb. Hemerocallis cordifolia (Thunb.) Salisb. Saussurea cordifolia (Thunb.) Salisb. Lilium glehnii F.Schmidt Cardiocrinum glehnii (F.Schmidt) Makino

Because of its large, showy flowers, Cardiocrinum cordatum is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental in regions outside its native range, though not as frequently as the related C. giganteum.^[6][7]

The Ainu, a group indigenous to Hokkaido, harvested the bulbs. Starch was extracted and used to create a form of dumpling.^[8]

The plant has reportedly become naturalized in the State of Maryland, in the eastern United States.^[2][9][10]