They are a perennial plant that grows at such places as under the forests or at the grasslands at the base of a mountain district and on the mountain. (Perennial plant takes several years to grow). 4 leaves grow on the stalk like covering the stalk and 1 white inflorescence (Kajo: arrangement of flowers on a stalk) stands still from the center. The name derivation of ‘Chloranthus japonicus’ (Hitori-Shizuka) comes from their elegant appearance which is compared as courtly Shizukagozen (one of the most famous women in Japanese history court dancer of the 12th century). The inflorescence is about 3 cm long and like white brush. Their characteristic is the white potion of inflorescence is a male stamen and they don’t have the flower petals or calyx. The stalk grows upstraight. When it begins to grow, it is tinged with dark green with a sharp sawtooth at the edge (Kyoshi: tooth-like rough part like a saw at the root of a leaf) at the edge. When the flowers wither, they bear the rounded seeds about 2.3 to 3 mm in diameter.

●Season Early April to about Early May
●Height about 10 to 15 cm
●Place Ura-Takao, Oku-Takao ,Minami-Takao