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| October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
September 2006 at mountane marsh |
| Family | Gentianaceae |
| Tribe | Gentianeae |
| Subtribe | Swertiinae |
| Scientific name | Swertia bimaculata (Siebold & Zuccarini) C. B. Clarke |
| Synonyms | Ophelia bimaculata Siebold & Zuccarini; Silene esquirolii H. Léveillé; Swertia bimaculata (Siebold et Zuccarini) Hooker f. & Thomson ex C. B. Clarke; Swertia bimaculata (Siebold & Zuccarini) C. B. Clarke var. macrocarpa Nakai; Swertia platyphylla Merrill |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) akebono-so (アケボノソウ, 曙草 [meaning: dawn weed]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, India | |
| Habitat | Mountane swamp |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=18, 24 |
| Description | Plants electing 30-50cm tall. Leaves 5-16cm long, 2-5cm wide. Flowers corollas 2-3cm across, flowering in September to October. Winter annual plants. |
| Reference | Swertia bimaculata (Siebold & Zuccarini) J. D. Hooker & Thomson ex C. B. Clarke |
| Swertia bimaculata (Siebold & Zucc.) C. B. Clarke |
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| October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
September 2006 at mountane marsh |
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| October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
September 2006 at mountane marsh |
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| September 2006 at mountane marsh |
