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