Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
Subfamily | Nepetoideae |
Tribe | Mentheae |
Scientific name | Clinopodium micranthum (Regel) Hara |
Synonyms | Calamintha umbrosa Bentham forma incisa Miquel; Calamintha umbrosa Bentham forma robustior Miquel; Calamintha umbrosa Bentham var. japonica Franchet & Savatier; Clinopodium fauriei H. Leveille et Vaniot forma albiflorum Honda; Clinopodium fauriei H. Leveille et Vaniot var. japonicum (Franchet & Savatier) Hara; Clinopodium omuranum Honda; Clinopodium micranthum (Regel) Hara forma albiflorum Honda; Hedeoma micrantha Regel; Satureia micrantha (Regel) Nakai; Satureia umbrosa Scheele var. japonica Matsumune & Kudo ex Kudo; Satureia ussuriensis Kudo |
Common name | (Japanese common name) inu-toubana (イヌトウバナ, 犬塔花 [meaning: false tower flowers]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea | |
Habitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
Description | Plants 20-50cm tall. Leaves 2-3cm long, 1-2.5cm wide, petioles 5-20mm long. Flowers calyxs green 4-5mm long, pale purple or white corollas 5-6mm long, flowering in August to October. Fruits ca. 0.6mm long. Perennial plants. |
August 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
August 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
August 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
August 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
August 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |