Triodanis biflora




Family Campanulaceae
Subfamily Campanuloideae
Scientific name Triodanis biflora (Ruiz López & Pavón) Greene
Synonyms Asyneuma anhuiense B. A. Shen; Campanula biflora Ruiz López & Pavón; Campanula ludoviciana Riddell; Campanula montevidensis Sprengel; Dysmicodon californicum Nuttall; Dysmicodon ovatum Nuttall; Legouzia biflora (Ruiz López & Pavón) Britton; Lobelia humboldtiana Willdenow ex Schultes; Pentagonia biflora (Ruiz López & Pavón) Kuntze; Specularia biflora (Ruiz López & Pavón) Fischer & C. Meyer; Specularia californica (Ruiz López & Pavón) Vatke; Specularia ovata (Nuttall) Vatke; Specularia perfoliata (L.) A. de Candolle forma ramosa Arechavaleta; Specularia perfoliata (L.) A. de Candolle forma rigida Arechavaleta; Triodanis perfoliata (L.) Nieuwland subsp. biflora (Ruiz López & Pavón) Lammers; Triodanis perfoliata (L.) Nieuwland var. biflora (Ruiz López & Pavón) T. R. Bradley
Common name (Japanese common name) hina kikyou-sou (ヒメキキョウソウ, 姫桔梗草 [meaning: tiny Campanula weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) [native] USA, Mexico, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants electing 15-40cm tall. Leaves 1-3cm long. Flowers blue purple ca. 1cm, flowering in May to July. Annual plants.
Reference Triodanis biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene
Triodanis biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene
Specularia biflora (R. & P.) Fisch. & Mey.
Note Naturalized plants (first collected in 1931, first reported in 1941).



June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden