Melampyrum roseum var. japonicum




Family Orobanchaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae)
Scientific name Melampyrum roseum Maximovicz var. japonicum Franchet et Savatier
Synonyms Melampyrum ciliare Miquel; Melampyrum ciliare Miquel var. japonicum (Franchet & Savatier) Kitamura; Melampyrum jedoense Miquel var. luxurians Miquel; Melampyrum japonicum (Franchet & Savatier) Nakai ex Matsumovicz; Melampyrum japonicum (Franchet & Savatier) Soo; Melampyrum nemorosum L. var. japonicum Franchet & Savatier; Melampyrum roseum Maximovicz var. ciliare (Miquel) Nakai
Common name (Japanese common name) mamako-na (ママコナ, 飯子菜 [meaning: rice grain weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea
Habitat Dry mountain forest
Chromosomal number 2n=18
Description Plants 30-50cm. Leaves 3-6cm long, 1-2.5cm wide. Flowers purple or red corollas 16-18mm long, flowering in June to September. Annual plants.
Reference Melampyrum roseum Maximowicz
Note Bracts of Melampyrum roseum var. japonicum are obviously different from bracts of Melampyrum roseum. Melampyrum roseum also can be found at west of Kanto region in Japan.



September 2006
at mountane field
September 2006
at mountane field
September 2006
at mountane field



September 2006
at mountane field
September 2006
at mountane field