Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
Subamily | Nepetoideae |
Tribe | Mentheae |
Scientific name | Salvia japonica Thunberg ex Murray forma albiflora Hiyama |
Synonyms | (Synonyms of Salvia japonica Thunberg ex. Murray) Salvia chinensis Bentham var. typica Makino; Salvia diversifolia Miquel; Salvia fortunei Bentham; Salvia fushimiana Koidzumi; Salvia japonica Thunberg ex Murray var. fortunei (Bentham) Kudo; Salvia japonica Thunberg ex Murray var. integrifolia Franchet & Savatier; Salvia japonica Thunberg ex Murray var. ternata Franchet; Salvia japonica Thunberg ex Murray var. typica Makino; Salvia tsusimensis Nakai |
Common name | (Japanese common name) shiro-bana aki-no-tamura-sou (シロバナアキノタムラソウ, 白花秋田村草 [meaning: white flower Autumn tamura weed (meaning of tamura is unknown)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Mountane field, forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=16 |
Description | Plants electing 20-80cm tall. Flowers calyxs ca. 5-6mm long, white corollas 11-13mm long, flowering in July to October. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Salvia japonica |
September 2006 at edge of forest |
September 2006 at edge of forest |