Clinopodium chinense var. parviflorum




Family Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Mentheae
Scientific name Clinopodium chinense(Bentham)O. Kuntze. var. parviflorum(Kudô)Hara
Synonyms Calamintha chinensis Bentham var. grandiflora Maximowicz; Calamintha clinopodium Bentham var. nepalensis Dunn; Calamintha clinopodium Bentham var. polycephala (Vaniot) Dunn; Calamintha clinopodium Bentham var. pratensis Dunn; Calamintha clinopodium Bentham var. urticifolia Hance; Calamintha coreana H. Léveillé; Calamintha polycephala Vaniot; Calamintha tsacapensis H. Léveillé; Calamintha urticifolia (Hance) Handel-Mazzetti; Clinopodium chinense (Bentham) O. Kuntze subsp. grandiflorum (Maximovicz) H. Hara var. parviflorum (Kudô) H. Hara; Clinopodium chinense (Bentham) O. Kuntze subsp. grandiflorum (Maximovicz) H. Hara var. urticifolium (Hance) Koidzumi; Clinopodium polycephalum (Vaniot) C. Y. Wu & Hsuan ex P. S. Hsu; Clinopodium urticifolium (Hance) C. Y. Wu et Hsuan ex H. W. Li; Satureja chinensis Briquet; Satureja chinensis Briquet var. parviflora Kudô; Satureia coreana (H. Léveillé) Nakai
Common name (Japanese common name) kuruma bana (クルマバナ, 車花 [meaning: wheel flowers])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China
Habitat Mountane roadside or field
Chromosomal number 2n=38
Description Plants 20-80cm tall. Leaves 3-7cm long, 1.5-3cm wide, petioles 5-15mm long. Flowers calyxs 7-8mm long, pale purple corollas 8-10mm long, flowering in August to September. Fruits ca. 1mm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Saikosaponin Homologues from Clinopodium spp. The Structures of Clinoposaponins XII-XX
Clinopodium polycephalum (Vaniot) C. Y. Wu & Hsuan ex P. S. Hsu
Clinopodium urticifolium (Hance) C. Y. Wu & Hsuan ex H. W. Li



September 2006
at mountane field
September 2006
at mountane field
September 2006
at mountane field



September 2006
at mountane field
August 2006
at high marsh
August 2006
at high marsh



September 2006
at mountane field
September 2006
at mountane field
September 2006
at mountane field