Salvia nipponica

Family	Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subamily	Nepetoideae
Tribe	Mentheae
Scientific name	Salvia nipponica Miquel
Synonyms	none
Common name	(Japanese common name) ki-bana-Akigiri (キバナアキギリ, 黄花秋桐 [meaning: yellow autumn paulownia (Autumn paulownia = Salvia)])
	(English common name) Japanese woodland sage, variegated Japanese sage
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
	(Other nations) none
Habitat	Mountane forest edge
Chromosomal number	n=8
Description	Plants electing 20-50cm tall. Leaves 5-10cm long, 4-7cm wide. Flowers yellow corollas 2.5-3cm long, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants.
Reference	Salvia nipponica Miq.
	Salvia nipponica Miq.
	Salvia nipponica var. formosana (Hayata) Kudo
	Studies on Salvia nipponica and its allies
	Effects of number of flowers per raceme and number of racemes per plant on bumblebee visits and female reproductive success in Salvia nipponica (Labiatae)
	A new natural hybrid of Salvia (Lamiaceae) from Japan, Salvia * sakuensis
Note	There are some local variations and natural hybrids of Salvia nipponica in Japan - Salvia nipponica Miquel forma repens Koidzumi, Salvia nipponica Miqel var. trisecta (Matsumura) Honda, Salvia nipponica Miquel var. kisoensis K. Imai and Salvia x sakuensis Hihara, Iwatsubo & Naruhashi.
	Salvia nipponica Miqel var. trisecta (Matsumura) Honda in Japan may be a synonym of Salvia nipponica Miquel var. formosana (Hayata) Kudô (syn. Salvia formosana Hayata) in Taiwan.

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September 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba	September 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba

September 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba

April 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden

December 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden