Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
Subfamily | Nepetoideae |
Tribe | Mentheae |
Scientific name | Dracocephalum argunense Fischer ex Link |
Synonyms | Dracocephalum argunense Fischer ex Link forma album T. B. Lee; Dracocephalum argunense Fischer ex Link var. japonicum A. Gray; Dracocephalum charkeviczii Probat; Dracocephalum ruyschiana L. var. argunense (Fischer) Nakai; Dracocephalum ruyschiana L. var. speciosum Ledebour; Dracocephalum speciosum Ledebour, non Bentham, non Sweet; Ruyschiana speciosa (Ledebour) Ledebour |
Common name | (Japanese common name) musha-rindo (ムシャリンドウ, 武佐竜胆 [meaning: Musa Town rindo (rindo = Gentiana scabra Bunge var. buergeri (Miquel) Maximovicz ex Franchet & Savatier)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (east of Central region) |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China | |
Habitat | Mountane field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=14 |
Description | Plants 20-50cm tall. Leaves 2-6cm long, 2-5mm wide. Flowers blue corollas or white (forma album) 3-3.5cm long, flowering in June to July. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Dracocephalum argunense Fischer ex Link |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |