Centranthera cochinchinensis

Family	Orobanchaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae)
Scientific name	Centranthera cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill
Synonyms	Centranthera chevalieri Bonati; Centranthera cochinchinensis T. B. Lee; Centranthera cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill subsp. lutea (H. Hara) T. Yamazaki; Centranthera cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill subsp. lutea (H. Hara) T. Yamazaki forma alba Hiyama; Centranthera cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill var. lutea (H. Hara) H. Hara; Centranthera cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill var. longiflora (Merrill) P. C. Tsoong; Centranthera longiflora (Merrill) Merrill; Centranthera rubra H. L. Li.; Digitalis cochinchinensis Loureiro; Razumovia chevalieri Bonati; Razumovia cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill; Razumovia cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill var. lutea H. Hara; Razumovia longiflora Merrill
Common name	(Japanese common name) goma-kusa (ゴマクサ, 胡麻草 [meaning: sesame weed])
	(English common name) swamp foxglove
Habitat	Swamp
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
	(Other nations) Korea, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka
Chromosomal number	unknown
Description	Plants electing 20-40cm tall, hairy. Leaves 2-5cm long, 3-7mm wide, hairy. Flowers lemon yellow corollas 15-20mm long, flowering in August to September. Seeds 0.5mm long. Annual plants.
Reference	Centranthera cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill
	Centranthera cochinchinensis
	Centranthera cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.
Note	In Japan, mainly entirely yellow flower type Centranthera cochinchinensis (var. lutea) occurs. In Australia, also white, red, pink, purple or blue flower type Centranthera cochinchinensis occurs.

August 2007 at lowland swamp	August 2007 at lowland swamp	August 2007 at lowland swamp