Euphrasia maximowiczii




Family Orobanchaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae)
Scientific name Euphrasia maximowiczii Wettstein
Synonyms none
Common name (Japanese common name) tachi-kogome-gusa (タチコゴメグサ, 立小米草 [meaning: stading tiny rice weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China
Habitat Subalpine field
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants 20-40cm tall. Leaves 6-12mm long, 5-10mm wide. Flowers calyxs 4-5mm long, white corollas 5-6mm long, flowering in August to October. Fruits ca. 1.3mm long. Annual plants.



August 2006
at Utsukushigahara Highland