Leucosceptrum japonicum




Family Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily Pogostemonoideae
Scientific name Leucosceptrum japonicum (Miquel) Kitamra et Murata
Synonyms Chomanthoshace japonica (Miquel) S. L. Moore; Comanthosphace sublanceolata (Miquel) S. L. Moore
Common name (Japanese common name) ten-nin-sou (テンニンソウ, 天人草 [meaning: angel weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) China
Habitat Mountane forest
Chromosomal number 2n=46, 69
Description Plants electing 50-100cm tall. Leaves 10-25cm long, 3-9cm wide. Flowers flowering in August to September. Subshrubs (suffruticose plants) or prennial plants.
Reference A comparative study in cytological characters of Japanese species of Leucosceptrum, Lamiaceae (Labiatae)



October 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
October 2007
at Nikko Botanical Garden
October 2007
at Nikko Botanical Garden



September 2005
at Mt. Tsukuba
September 2005
at Mt. Tsukuba