Clinopodium chinense var. shibetchense




Family Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Mentheae
Scientific name Clinopodium chinense (Bentham) O. Kuntze var. shibetchense (H. Léveillé) Koidzumi
Synonyms Calamintha umbrosa Bentham var. shibetchensis H. Léveillé; Clinopodium chinense (Bentham) O. Kuntze subsp. glabrescens (Nakai) H. Hara; Clinopodium chinense (Bentham) O. Kuntze subsp. grandiflorum (Maximovicz) H. Hara var. shibetchense Koidzumi; Clinopodium chinense (Bentham) O. Kuntze var. glabrescens (Nakai) Ohwi; Clinopodium japonicum Makino; Clinopodium kunashirense Probatova; Clinopodium umbrosum (M. Bieberstein) K. Koch var. shibetchense (H. Léveillé) McKean; Satureia chinensis (Bentham) Briquet var. pallescens Nakai
Common name (Japanese common name) yama kuruma bana (ヤマクルマバナ, 山車花 [meaning: mountain wheel flowers]), ezo kuruma bana (エゾクルマバナ, 蝦夷車花 [meaning: ezo wheel flowers (ezo = an old name of Hokkaido region)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia, Korea
Habitat Mountane wet field or forest edge
Chromosomal number 2n=38
Description Plants 20-80cm tall. Flowers white corollas 6-7mm long, flowering in July to September. Perennial plants.
Reference Clinopodium chinense (Benth.) Kuntze var. shibetchense (H. Lév.) Koidz.



July 2006
at mountane field
July 2006
at mountane field
July 2006
at mountane field



July 2006
at mountane field