Acer palmatum 'Kurui jishi'

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Acer

palmatum

ICNCP Name: 'Kurui-jishi'

Formerly 'Kurui jishi'

The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) establishes the rules and regulations for proper naming of plants. When different, the cultivar database displays the correct(ed) ICNCP name, rather than its previous cultivar name.

Japanese Maple Classification:

Crispum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9

紅獅子, Kurui-jishi, shares the same Kanji name with Kurenai-jishi. but the kana tells the tale: the Hiragana is くるいじし, which would give a kanji of 狂い獅子, with the extra character, meaning "Wild/Mad Crimson Lion", or equally in keeping with the morphology of the plant "Unkempt Crimson Lion." (ED)

Kurui jishi is a dwarf version of Okushimo. Its leaf lobes curl upward to give a star-shaped appearance. It has wonderful golden fall foliage. (A confused lion) (DSN)

Date of Origin if known:

1882

Origin if known:

Sekihin Binran

Vertrees/Yano

Information Source:

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