Description
The plant grows up to . The flowers are white, Pedicel (botany), pedicellate, with six Glossary of leaf morphology#obovate, obovate petals and bloom from May to July. After it flowers, it bears dark blue/purple fruit with a Glaucous, white powdery coating from June to August. Its stems are terete and grow long. Its rhizomes are stout and knotty. The plant is known to have petals that become transparent when in contact with water, giving it its common name. Once it is dry, the petals return to white.Distribution and habitat
The plant is distributed from north to central Honshu, Hokkaido, Mount Daisen, and Sakhalin Oblast, Sakhalin. It grows in slightly moist places in the woods of high mountains.Medical uses
In the 1960s, botanist Yanagi Kimura discovered that ''D. grayi'' crude extracts contain substances similar to, but more powerful than Podophyllum resin, podophyllin and colchicine. The extract had anti-tumor effects on transplantable animal tumors.Gallery
See also
*''Gymnosiphon suaveolens''References
Berberidaceae Flora of Japan Plants described in 1868 {{Berberidaceae-stub