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