Scrophularia kakudensis




Family Scrophulariaceae
Tribe Scrophularieae
Scientific name Scrophularia kakudensis Franchet
Synonyms Scrophularia kakudensis Franchet var. latisepala (Kitagawa) Kitagawa; Scrophularia latisepala Kitagawa
Common name (Japanese common name) oh-hina-no-usutsubo (オオヒナノウスツボ, 大雛臼壷 [meaning: large rural mortar like pot])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China
Habitat Mountane field
Chromosomal number 2n=36
Description Plants electing 1m tall. Leaves 5-14cm long, 3-6cm wide. Flowers pedicelets 7-15mm long, purple and green (or dark purple) corollas ca. 8mm long, 4 stamens, flowering in August to October. Fruits 5-8mm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Scrophularia kakudensis Franchet
Note Relatively rare.



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
September 2006
at mountane field