Mosla scabra




Family Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Elsholtzieae
Scientific name Mosla scabra (Thunb.) C. Y. Wu & H. W. Li
Synonyms Calamintha argyi H. Léveillé; Mosla punctulata (J. F. Gmelin) Nakai; Mosla punctata (Thunberg) Maximovicz; Mosla lanceolata (Bentham) Maximowicz; Ocimum punctatum Thunberg; Ocimum punctulatum J. F. Gmelin; Ocimum scabrum Thunberg; Orthodon lanceolatus (Bentham) Kudô; Orthodon punctatum (Thunberg) Kudô; Orthodon punctulatum (J. F. Gmelin) Ohwi; Orthodon scaber (Thunberg) Handel-Mazzetti; Perilla lanceolata Bentham
Common name (Japanese common name) inu-koju (イヌコウジュ, 犬香薷 [meaning: false koju (koju = Elsholtzia weeds)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam
Habitat Roadside, forest edge
Chromosomal number 2n=18
Description Plants electing 20-60cm tall. Flowers pink corollas 3-4mm long, flowering in September to October. Annual plants.
Reference Mosla scabra (Thunb.) C. Y. Wu & H. W. Li
Mosla scabra (Thunberg) C. Y. Wu & H. W. Li
Genetic divergence and analysis of the relationships between species of Mosla(Labiatae)



September 2007
at mountane roadside
September 2007
at mountane roadside
September 2007
at mountane roadside



September 2007
at mountane roadside
September 2007
at mountane roadside