Leucosceptrum srellipilum var. tosaense




Family Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily Pogostemonoideae
Scientific name Leucosceptrum srellipilum (Miquel) Kitamura et Murata var. tosaense (Makino) Kitamura et Murata
Synonyms Comanthosphace tosaense Koidzumi
Common name (Japanese common name) tsukushi-mikaeri-sou (ツクシミカエリソウ, 筑紫見返草 [meaning: Tsukushi look backing weed (Tsukushi = an old name of Fukuoka Prefecture)]), oh-maru-ba-no-ten-nin-sou (オオバノテンニンソウ, 大葉天人草 [meaning: large round leaved angel weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (Chugoku region), Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) none
Habitat Mountane forest
Chromosomal number 2n=46
Description Plants electing 40-100cm tall. Leaves 10-20cm long, 6-12cm wide. Flowers pink corollas 8-10mm long, flowering in September to October. Subshrubs (suffruticose plants).
Reference A comparative study in cytological characters of Japanese species of Leucosceptrum, Lamiaceae (Labiatae)



October 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
October 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
October 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



October 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
October 2007
at Nikko Botanical Garden