Family | Campanulaceae |
Subfamily | Campanuloideae |
Scientific name | Codonopsis ussuriensis (Ruprecht & Maximovicz) Hemsley |
Synonyms | Codonopsis lanceolata (Maximovicz) Bentham & Hooker f.; Codonopsis lanceolata (Siebold et Zuccarini) Trautvetter var. ussuriensis (Ruprecht & Maximovicz) Trautvetter; Glossocomia lanceolata (Siebold et Zuccarini) Trautvetter var. ussuriensis (Ruprecht & Maximovicz) Trautvetter; Glossocomia ussuriensis (Ruprecht & Maximovicz) Hemsley |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ba-sob (バアソブ, 婆蕎 [meaning: grandmother's spotted flower]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Rissia (Far East), Korea, China | |
Habitat | Mountane forest edge or field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=16 |
Description | Leaves 2.5-5cm long. Flowers pueple 2-2.5cm long, calyx lobes 1-1.5cm long, 4-6mm wide, flowering in July to September. Fruits 1-1.3cm long. Seeds black, non wing. Vine. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Codonopsis lanceolata (Siebold & Zucc.) Trautv. |
The Codonopsis Website | |
Circumscription of Codonopsis and the allied genera Campanumoea and Leptocodon (Campanulaceae: Campanuloideae). I. Palynological data [PDF] | |
Health food products (US Patent 20030157199) | |
Note | Rare species |
September 2008 at Ushiku Forest Park |
September 2008 at Ushiku Forest Park |
September 2008 at Ushiku Forest Park |
September 2008 at Ushiku Forest Park |