Family | Scrophulariaceae |
Tribe | Scrophularieae |
Scientific name | Scrophularia alata A. Gray |
Synonyms | Scrophularia grayana Maximovicz ex Komarov |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ezo-hina-no-usutsubo (エゾヒナノウスツボ, 蝦夷雛臼壷 [meaning: Ezo rural mortar like pot (Ezo = an old name of Hokkaido)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) coastal area of Hokkaido, Honshu (Japan Sea side - east of Ishiwaka Prefecture; Pacific Ocean side - north of Iwate Prefecture) |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East) | |
Habitat | Mountane fields |
Chromosomal number | 2n=94 [cf. Scrophularia umbrosa Dumortier (syn. Scrophularia alata sensu Gilibert, non A. Gray): 2n=26] |
Description | Plants electing 90-150cm tall. Leaves 8-15cm long, 6-9cm wide. Flowers yellow green and brown corollas 8-10mm long, flowering in June to July. Fruits 5-7mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Scrophularia alata A. Gray |
Intraspecific morphological and genetic differentiation in Scrophularia grayana (Scrophulariaceae) | |
Note | Relatively rare. |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |