Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
Subfamily | Nepetoideae |
Tribe | Mentheae |
Scientific name | Lycopus lucidus Turczaninow ex Bentham |
Synonyms | none |
Common name | (Japanese common name) shiro-ne (シロネ, 白根 [meaning: white roots]) |
(English common name) shiny bugleweed | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Swamp |
Chromosomal number | 2n=22 |
Description | Plants 100cm tall. Leaves 6-13cm long, 1.5-4m wide. Flowers calyxs 5-6mm long, white corollas 5mm long, 2 stamens, flowering in July to October. Fruits ca. 2mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Lycopus lucidus Turczaninow ex Bentham |
Lycopus lucidus Turcz. ex Benth. |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |