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 |