Family | Campanulaceae |
Subfamily | Campanuloideae |
Scientific name | Campanumoea javanica Blume subsp. japonica (Maximovicz ex Makino) D. Y. Hong |
Synonyms | Campanumoea japonica Maximovicz; Campanumoea javanica Blume var. japonica Makino; Campanumoea maximowiczii Honda; Codonopsis javanica (Blume) Hooker f. subsp. japonica (Maximovicz ex Makino) Lammers |
Common name | (Japanese common name) tsuru-gikyou (ツルギキョウ, 蔓桔梗 [meaning: crimbing kikyo (kikyo = Platycodon grandiflorus)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Mountane forest edge |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Leaves 3-5cm long. Flowers outside pale green and inside pale pueple, calyx lobes 8-10mm long, flowering in August to October. Fruits 10mm across. Vine. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Codonopsis javanica (Blume) Hook. f. |
Campanumoea javanica subsp. japonica (Maxim. ex Makino) D. Y. Hong | |
Campanumoea javanica var. japonica Maxim. ex Makino | |
Note | Rare species. |
September 2009 at Mt. Takao Wild Plants Garden |
September 2009 at Mt. Takao Wild Plants Garden |
September 2009 at Mt. Takao Wild Plants Garden |