Dracocephalum argunense




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