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| Family | Orobanchaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae) |
| Scientific name | Phtheirospermum japonicum (Thunberg) Kanitz |
| Synonyms | Gerardia japonica Thunberg; Phtheirospermum chinense Bunge ex Fischer & C. A. Meyer; Phtheirospermum japonicum (Thunberg ex Murray) Makino |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) ko-shiogama (コシオガマ, 小塩竈 [meaning: dwarf shiogama]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan | |
| Habitat | Field |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=16 |
| Description | Plants 30-60cm tall, hairy. Leaves 3-5cm long, 2-3.5cm wide. Flowers bracts 5-7mm long, pink corollas ca. 2cm long, flowering in September to October. Fruits 8-12mm long, seeds 1mm long. Annual plants. |
| Reference | Phtheirospermum japonicum (Thunberg) Kanitz |
| Compositions for potentiating glutatthione (US Patent 20060257351) |
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