Scutellaria yezoensis




Family Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily Scutellarioideae
Scientific name Scutellaria yezoensis Kudô
Synonyms Scutellaria strigillosa Hemsley var. yezoensis (Kudô) Kitamura
Common name (Japanese common name) ezo-namiki (エゾナミキ, 蝦夷波来 [meaning: Ezo-namiki-sou (Ezo=an old name of Hokkaido, namiki-sou=Scutellaria strigillosa Hemsley)]), oh-namiki-sou (オオナミキソウ, 大波来草 [meaning: large namiki-sou (namiki-sou=Scutellaria strigillosa Hemsley)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea
Habitat Alpine or subalpine seaside
Chromosomal number 2n=30
Description Plants 10-40cm tall. Leaves 1.5-3.5cm long, 1-1.5cm wide. Flowers purple 2-2.5cm long, flowering in June to August. Perennnial plants.
Reference Scutellaria yezoensis Kudo
Scutellaria L. in Japan
Chromosome numbers of Japanese Scutellaria (Lamiaceae).



June 2010
at my home
June 2010
at my home